Wednesday, April 26, 2006

PINO - The Humanoid

This is the second part of the Robosquare.org paper models, the previous one was ifbot. Now we have PINO - this robot is designed to be a humanoid, that can be built by everyone, by using cheap and off-the-shelf components. This is a highly sophisticated robot with 26 motors, is able to walk upright steadily on two legs, shake hands, and nod its head. Kinda like the Robosapien, but with an advance AI. This paper model is in PDF format, a single page for instructions and a couple for the pattern.



PINO Robot Papercraft

Saturday, April 22, 2006

ifbot Papercraft

From Robosquare.org, here's a paper model of a robot called "ifbot". ifbot is an advance communication robot that can understand and speak human language (only Japanese language for now), it can also move by itself, avoid obstacles, detect steps, take pictures and send them wirelessly via the internet, and last but not the least, it can recognize upto ten persons from their voices and faces and adapt to the emotional tones of the speaker. It is marketed in Japan as a domestic communication robot primarily for elderly people to provide conversation and companionship. This paper model is in PDF format, the pattern comes in two pages and one page for instructions.



ifbot Papercraft

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Dog Papercraft - Corgi

It's official, summer has landed in my town. Even though its still spring time, down here in Texas we are already close to hundred degree temperature and rolling-blackouts are abound. In recognition of the term "dog days", here's a paper model of a dog (corgi) from Kei Craft studio. Hosted and created by Kei Craft, the file comes in PDF format and includes a pattern (386KB) and instructions (288KB). Have Fun!




Corgi Papercraft [Keicraft]
Instructions

Thursday, April 13, 2006

KONISHIKI

Konishiki Yasokichi is a Hawaii-born Samoan sumo wrestler who became famous in Japan for being the first foreign born champion (Ozeki) in the sport of sumo. Ozeki, being the second highest rank in sumo follows after Yokozuna. He stirred up a debate in Japan on whether a foreigner could have the necessary cultural understanding to be acceptable in sumo's ultimate rank. Konishiki was also the heaviest ever in sumo at a typical fighting weight of 270kg (595 pounds). This paper model of KONISHIKI is provided through his web site, Konishiki.net. The paper model is in PDF format and comes with a pattern(1.2MB) and instructions(444KB).




KONISHIKI - http://www.konishiki.net/jp/download/i/pc_setsumeizu.pdf
Instructions - http://www.konishiki.net/jp/download/i/pc_tenkaizu.pdf

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Easter Egg Papercraft

Another famous easter symbol is the Easter Egg, they are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate Easter holiday. Next to the Easter Bunny, the Easter Egg is well known worldwide. The old tradition used dyed or painted chicken eggs, now they used eggs shaped out of chocolate or plastic eggs filled with candies. Once again, this paper model is from Epson Hong Kong and designed by Chan See Lik Paul. This cute Easter Egg paper model is in PDF format and is about 820KB. Chicken Little's cousin is included :)



Easter Egg Papercraft [Epson HK]

Easter Bunny Papercraft

Easter is the time of springtime festivals, Christians celebrate the life and resurrection of their savior Jesus Christ, and for everybody else it's a time for chocolate covered bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and lots of colorful eggs. The easter bunny is one of the best known easter symbols, so here is a paper model of an easter bunny from Epson Hong Kong, designed by Chan See Lik Paul. The paper model is in PDF format and is about 5.56MB.



Easter Bunny Papercraft [Epson HK]

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Dinosaur Papercraft - Iguanodon

The Fukui(Japan) prefecture web site fukuioyado.com is providing this free paper model of an iguanodon in relation to finding dinosaur fossils in one of their cities (Katsuyama). This paper model is in PDF format and comes with a pattern (527KB) and instructions (1.2MB).



Dinosaur Papercraft- Iguanodon

Instructions - http://www.fukuioyado.com/paper/fukuiryu_exp.pdf

Note: Thanks to Tengu for pointing out that this is an iguanodon and not a velociraptor