Maker Festival

“Macher Festival” makes you want to do handicrafts

The “Macher Festival” in Ferropolis is an opportunity to convey the fun of handicrafts in a young, slightly crazy and communal way. It's about being able to explore the diverse possibilities of craftsmanship and seeing what cool projects can be realized with craftsmanship knowledge.

The DOAG is there:

The DOAG program at the Macherfestival

After many discussions and workshops, a coherent concept emerged that revolves around the construction of robots: 

Hebocons

Interface AG has already held Hebocon workshops at various conferences and has continually refined the concept. At a total of 16 workbenches, you will be able to build Arduino-based robots and let them compete against each other on a stage every afternoon. The Hebocon robots may have a maximum size of 50 x 50 cm and a maximum weight of 1,000 grams. Interface AG brings all the necessary materials that tend not to be available at the Makers' Festival (motors, wheels, Arduino, ...) and instructions on how to assemble and connect them. The participants can take the robots with them at the end.

Battlebots/Giantocons

Small robots are cool, but bigger is better. So we offer 4 to 6 additional workstations where teams can get together to build large robots measuring 60 x 90 cm and a fighting weight of 30 kg. The control system is adapted 1:1 from the Hebocons, only larger tires, motors and controls were installed. The particular challenge here is that it is no longer enough to put the robots together with adhesive tape, hot glue and a few screws. This is where sawing, welding and drilling takes place. We have brought the Kreativ-Werkstatt-Regensburg (also known under the YouTube channel "Euer Konstantin") on board for professional support, who are actively helping us build the Battlebots.

Hackerschool

Building cool robots is one thing. But understanding how the software behind them works is another matter. The Hackerschool has jumped on board to fill this gap. The Hackerschool visits schools and events to offer workshops for children and young people in which software is developed and robots are programmed. At 16 workstations, the Hackerschool will now show how to program your own "Flappy Bird", get a robot to follow lines, program a robot dog or program LEDs using chipsets.

pib.rocks

One aspect was still missing - robots should also be humanoid. But that's not really something for do-it-yourselfers, as it's far too complex. Far from it, thought the company isento and developed the completely 3D printable robot "pib.rocks". With one of their models, we will show you at the festival how such a humanoid robot acts, functions and can be programmed.

Fath-Mechatronik/inprocraft

Last but not least, we would like to thank the companies Fath fath-mechatronics and inprocraft for supporting this event financially and with materials. Here we get everything we need to build the robots, especially connecting elements, sliding blocks, profiles and other metal elements.