Making a robot to carve photos into pumpkins 

What would you like to see me carve into a pumpkin? Alternatively what else could I try to carve besides a pumpkin?

Your in house workshop has better tools than my university's engineering department...

This guy is legit the smartest man I’ve ever seen on RU-vid, and he accidentally plugged positive to the negative and fried everything lol

When repairing a machine but keeping almost none of the parts, this process actually saves time as you just transfer the machine spirit instead of making a new machine spirit to inhabit the next version.

"And it was that at this moment I realized why reverse polarity protection diodes exist"

Carving a pumpkin: 1 hour Automating pumpkin carving: 100 hours Programmers: Worth it

Hi can we agree yet that this is one of the most brilliant engineers on RU-vid? Seriously, this guy is a genuine genius. Edit: some of the people in the comments to this don't know what "one of the" means, and it shows.

This guy is insane, I don't understand how he can be so driven and skilled in all these different areas of expertise, and then be great at RU-vid! He has like 30 videos, where is his learning curve? How did he learn to film and edit and be funny and just do such good presentation

"you might be wondering why i would replace my baby with someone else's baby. well, their baby's better." i am now exponentially more afraid of StuffMadeHere than I used to be

I like how at 7:38 he says “the tricky bit” as if that isn’t literally every single part of the project

“Like many STEM topics, reading Wikipedia is a great way to feel inadequate.” It’s not just me! I feel so seen.

I love how "a small modification" ALWAYS means complete redesign

You are an absolute genius, the best part is you show your failures. Most smart people only show the final outcome. Great things don’t come without failure. You're a true engineer. Your Engineering, Designing, coding, machining, fabricating, welding, woodworking, etc. and we can't miss the electrical engineering part. You're rocking it. Looking forward to seeing your next video.

"i love dumb stuff" me too buddy, me too

"like many STEM projects, reading Wikipedia is a great way to feel inadequate" Ha ha, I feel that so hard

Wife: " It does look sadder now, the more I'm looking at it" Shane: " well, the funny thing is that these are all derived from your face" Hahahhahahha

"just because it's hard, doesn't mean it's good" -engineer guy

Speechless!

I find it hilarious that he just says: “Hey wife”

12:27 The fact that he has to specify that "the robot got loose" does not mean that it ran away, implies that sometimes in the past he lost a robot beacause it ran from him>

As a software engineer id love to see a walk through of the code.

I still have dried pumpkin stuck to my cnc machine from last year, nice execution

The fact that you admitted to feeling inadequate while working on this project and figuring out some of the harder math really gave me so much peace lol. It sounds stupid but it kind of reminded me that you’re genuinely just a person with a skill and a passion, and not a super genius engineer (though I’m not convinced you aren’t)

The “TSA.exe” bit made me laugh more than I care to admit. As always, great video, man!

Watching this as a software engineer: okay, some nice CNC, some math, some arduino coding, interesting idea to carve pumpkins based on pumpkin's wall opacity. 7:45 holy crap! What's this? It is look like animation but it is real drawing with your hand

Everyone is talking about pumpkin carving robot, but can we talk about how smooth his digital drawings were!?

I‘ve decoded the censored part and what he said was: „I used stackoverflow“ 😁 great videos

This is just so incredibly impressive. In a group of friends saying "haha someone should make a robot that does that", your the one guy that actually creates it! :) Amazing stuff man, loving these videos.

"just because something's hard, doesn't mean that its good" Didn't know he became a sex therapist

"Reading STEM articles on Wikipedia is a really quick way to feel inadequate" Dude you just upped my self confidence ten fold thank you so much 😂

You did all this and you didn't call your wife pumpkin. Missed an opportunity. "Hey pumpkin check out what I've made"

I’m impressed by his programming and engeneering skills

I don't know how I'm just now finding your channel but I've been binge watching your videos. You're incredibly creative and I find your persistence inspiring

“You may be wondering why I would replace my baby with someone else’s baby and the answer is... their baby is better” ok bud that’s enough for today.

You're working the afternoon shift at Walmart. You just went on break and the day has gone pretty well all things considered. But all of a sudden your manager walks in and you can see in his eyes there’s trouble. Your heart drops suddenly as you stand up out of your chair. Then, with a trembling voice, full of fear, he says it... “He’s back for the third day... What could he be doing with that many pumpkins?!”

If this guy was my professor in undergrad I would have loved every engineering class I took. Huge props man, content is fooking awesome.

the fact he lit a little tiny candle with a propane torch kills me XD

"Trying to read wikipedia to understand a STEM topic is a great way to feel inadequate" Why does everything has to be relatable?

I like how no one talks about how he just casually said "yeah i accidentally fried everything even my laptop, but its okay"

Without YT and subscribers, this Genius might be locked away from us all in a corporate R&D Lab, with a NDA gag clause and all Patents corporate property. SO happy to be able see see his free expression !!

Thank you for that awesomely accessible explanation of the Mercator projection, as well as the acknowledgement that wikipedia can make one feel inadequate 😁

Your wife has the best sense of humour!

Him, Michael Reeves, and Mark Rober should do a collaboration It will be so cool!!

Easily one of my favorite channels, I get totally lost in your videos. I'm a Ph.D. student in M.E., totally envious of your abilities. Keep on making stuff!

as a computer engineer i can relate to 10:04 you get so tired from testing / debugging and rewire the voltage in reverse… the amount of respect you even kept going after that!! still remember the smell of people frying their components in electronics lab like it was yesterday

I came for the pumpkin robot I stayed for the love story at the end ❤️

"What is my purpose?" To carve pumpkins. ".............. oh my God."

I have so much respect for the incredible amount of hardware and software work that went into this

7:20 Cracks me up every time I watch the video 😂 I watched it 13 times now

"Hey wife" Perfectly normal way of talking to each other :D

"Why would i replace my baby with their baby? well, their baby is better" revealing you have an actual baby should have been saved for this episode

Watching you, obviously some sort of engineering wonderchild, wiring plus to minus makes me feel so much better for when I blew up a buck converter when installing quiet fans on my 3D printer. Thanks for that ego boost! Also, love your videos.

I just had a nostalgia attack with that xbox 360 achievement sound at the beginning, I straight up burst into crying from remembering all the good times I had in mw2 and possibly one of my favorite games ever, Vanquish. I miss being young...

Could be interesting to see how this does on a more ideal surface like a wooden sphere. (It also helps with debugging.)

Everyone talking about how smart this guy is: Me: How many pumpkins did you buy?!?

Saw you on my recommended, and the first 5 seconds got me hooked. YOU ARE LITERALLY JIMMY NEUTRON

Hero .... I love your toolset. So much good stuff you have in this basement.

"I love dumb stuff" *is a genius*

There's no way this guy has a full time job to be able to do all this.

Comedy in this video was great! Love your stuff, can't wait to see the next iteration of the bat

there is NO SINGLE OTHER RU-vidR that puts more effort into his vids. This is amazing!

I just want you to know: as a person who's dedicated my life to mathematics, I am so glad that someone as impressive as you also feels inadequate when looking up math topics on wikipedia.

I will say, I’m glad that Tormach is partnering/helping you with these tools. Your channel has became one of my favorite. You are already past a million, and have very few videos (compared to other channels that are close to the same sub amount). If any RU-vidr deserved to have a sponsorship, especially from a CNC machining company. It would obviously be you. You are damn near the smartest person that I have ever came across. Not just on RU-vid, but anywhere. It’s amazing to see the things you can do. Like I said, I’m glad that they are connected with you. These companies are starting to realize that the best way to advertise is on RU-vid. Everyone I know watches hours of RU-vid. RU-vid has even made it to where they show commercials that benefit the viewer. Because they base it off of the videos that you personally watch. I think it’s a great idea, especially to begin helping you at the start. So that no other company could catch on and steal your loyalty. I’m definitely not in need of a CNC machine. But if I was, I would definitely have to go with Tormach. Because of how I have seen them treat you. I would like to be able to get one some day, and begin trying to do/build the things that you do. When the time comes, i will definitely have to go with Tormach.

I love your robot's persona. It's one of my favorite little comedic gems.

If I ever needed a proto type of something made this would be the guy I’d hire.

“It looks just like you” Her: *Does the exact same face that carved on the pumpkin * 😂🤣

imagine doing all the extensive coding, machining, parts making AND then having to film everything like a vlog. you really are a genius. great video as always!

I envy ur patience , persistence and energy, good job

This channel brings joy to my life! Thanks Shane!

"The big takeaway is, just because something's hard, doesn't mean it's good." What a mood.

him: I think Im gonna carve pumpkins this year :) wife: Oh great! That seems like a normal and healthy activity for a chan-- him: Im gonna need a new plasma cutter.

I love this kind of stuff! Great job!

I found this project very interesting. What do I do for a living?? Well, I'm a cnc machinist and inspector using CMM tech. 3 axis CNC is challenging. 4axis is way more complicated. Projecting an image onto in imperfect surface is insane! Also, its not just the surface that varies, the thickness varies too. My advice for this machine would have been: Make the pumpkin rotate, and make the cutting head static in one axis. Making a rotary table rigid is easier than trying to make a rigid 4 axis head. Great job! Incredible perseverance!

officer: "Sir, why did you kidnap this couple's baby?" Me: "Well, their baby's better"

Imagine he is drunkenly bragging about his hair-cutting robot, and wants to show it but he has forgotten that he built the robot into a pumpkin cutting machine...

Omg .. when you said that you were fell asleep downstairs, it made me think about the inventor from Chitty Chitty bang bang.AND in Chitty Chitty bang bang, there is also! A hair cutting robot! Take pride in the fact that your hair cutting robot doesn't burn large circles on people's heads!

I love how you don’t give up!

I love how his wife doesn't even have a proper name in these videos. It's just "Wife"

"It fried the microcontrollers, the ic and my laptop, but I replaced it all" this is the level of carefreeness i need in my life.

7:32 i love the "best way to beg for more subscribers" "in the background i love the detail in your vids to make ppl laugh

I can't be the only one who thinks we need a part 2 of sharpie attachment plasma cutter now that you have a new plasma cutter... That was one of my favorite projects.

**fries a ton of equipment due to a simple mistake** "This is fine"

This one of my fave channel a excellent mix of comedies and learndings stuffs

The song playing around the 3-4 minute mark legitimately had me pause to see if it was my poor computer making those sounds. Well played

“Blows me away with how clever he is” “Plugs black to red” 😂

this is caricature of our daughter 10:54 , i died

The only youtuber that makes me watch the sponsor's clips

"The funny thing is that these are all derived from your face". Brilliant! If she didn't have such a pretty face to begin with, I'm sure that wouldn't have gone over too well!

2:37 When your parents kick you out of the house and adopt another kid

As your channel continues to grow and you gain more mainstream attention I'm sure it's tempting to replace some of the cold hard engineering you went through with simplified versions thereof in the final cut in attempt to maximize the spectacle factor and increase viewer retention. I've noticed a lot of the popular stem youtubers do this. As an engineering student (and probably your #1 fan), I'd really love it if you kept as much of the real deal in the video as you reasonably can. In any case, thanks for making these videos. They're great.

This guy is a living legend! I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SMART YOU ARE!

Love to see the very famous welding process called: "no gas tig welding". 1:55 Love your work, keep it going!!

How casually he mentioned “frying everything”...what did that cost?,

Actual Genius: "I accidentally connected negative to positive and positive to negative.

The "YOU ARE AWESOME" bit was peak, very well done. Roast 'em. X)

Your videos are pretty cool !!! You explain a bit of everything you do, it's a pretty nice thing for the watchers as they can learn something.. at least to have an idea about it... ;)

Bruh that advance algorithm of reading a pumpkins features is something like the phones that have 3D depth maping of the face for secure unlock. It was difficult for me to even build a prototype just to measure the distance between the sensor and a surface. Can't imagine the pain you have gone thru just to get this working. Keep up the good work!

"What'd you carve on your pumpkin?" "A pumpkin" 😂 I'm dying, that's pretty funny

If you told me a group of people came together to make this, I'd be skeptical. The fact that it's him alone, insane.

0:31 Love how this is the main theme of all of your videos.