Artisan's Asylum
Artisan's Asylum is a non-profit community workshop in Somerville, Massachusetts.[1] At 40,000 square feet, it was once believed to be the largest hackerspace in the world. Unlike many similar spaces, the Asylum has both public workshops and private studios. [2] As of 2013, they housed 40 or 50 small manufacturing companies, and raised the number of manufacturing firms in Somerville by 50%. [3]
In 2017, Artisan's Asylum was featured around the web for hosting MegaBots Inc. as they built their 4.9 meter tall robot fighter, EaglePrime. On October 17th, EaglePrime defeated Kuratas, a 6.5 ton battle robot build by Japanese company Suidobashi. The fight was hosted in an abandoned steel mill in Japan, and was live streamed on Twitch.[4][5]
References
- ^ "About Us". artisansasylum.com.
- ^ Flaherty, Joseph. "Building Stompy the Giant Robot Inside the World's Biggest Hackerspace".
- ^ "In Somerville and Lowell, do-it-yourselfers making it work - The Boston Globe".
- ^ "Artisan's Asylum, the cradle of giant robots in Boston".
- ^ "US beats Japan in ultimate giant-robot smackdown".