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Simone Giertz goes from projects to products

“I’m happy to not be royalty,” Simone Giertz laughs. “I’m happy to be a woman who does things.” YouTube’s one-time Queen of Shitty Robots didn’t renounce her crown so much as outgrow it. A few years back, the time came to put away the breakfast machine, the lipstick robot and the Styrofoam mannequin head that…

11:19 am PDT • May 6, 2022
Simone Giertz goes from projects to products

Here’s a fun thing to look forward to next month. Simone Giertz, she of the shitty robots fame, will be appearing onstage at Disrupt SF (October 2-4) at the Moscone…

Roboticist and YouTube star Simone Giertz is coming to Disrupt SF (Oct. 2-4)

YouTuber Simone Giertz, celebrated DIY inventor, roboticist and general maker of cool stuff, decided not to wait for Tesla’s forthcoming pickup truck. Instead, she bought a Tesla Model 3 direct…

Simone Giertz’s converted Tesla Model 3 pickup truck is wonderful

Maybe it was her lipstick-applying robot. Or her terrifying vegetable-chopping death machine. Or the robot that tried its best (and failed wonderfully) to feed her breakfast. Chances are good you’ve…

Simone Giertz, the ‘Queen of Shitty Robots,’ just launched a Kickstarter

What happens when carefree hackers Simone Giertz and Samy Kamkar get together for a lazy afternoon? A lunatic plan to cut hair using a drone and a pair of automatic…

Warning: Do not let a drone equipped with terrifying robo-scissors cut your hair