
FEATURES: Return of PancakeBot
FROM MAKER FAIRE
TO THE PATENT OFFICE
Miguel and Runi brought the PancakeBot to the
New York Maker Faire in 2012. “That was an
amazing experience. The attention that this thing
got from all the kids — they’re standing around
waiting 15 to 20 minutes for little round pancakes.
I guess it was the combination of pancakes,
Legos, and robots.” He brought the whole family
to the first Oslo Maker Faire in 2013 and he was
featured on Norwegian TV, which pleased his
mother-in-law.
Yet it started to bother him that PancakeBot
was not taken more seriously. “I didn’t know if
there was anything serious about it,” he said,
thinking ...