Building Up To Maker Faire: Shawn Thorsson's ED-209

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:28

Author - Shawn Thorsson

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:31

Building Up To Maker Faire: Shawn Thorsson's ED-209- Week 1

Published on Mar 4, 2014

Read all about the series on MAKE: "Building Up to Maker Faire: Bringing ED-209 to Life"
This is the first in a series of videos documenting Shawn Thorsson's quest to build a life-size replica of Robocop's ED-209 for Maker Faire Bay Area 2014. In this installment, Shawn talks about his inspiration, strategy, and techniques.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:32

Building Up To Maker Faire: ED-209 Part 2

Published on Mar 14, 2014

In episode 2 of Shawn Thorsson's Building Up To Maker Faire series, he takes us deeper into the construction of his ED-209 robot. In particular, discusses the finer points of building up fiberglass molds and the structure of the robot.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:33

Building Up To Maker Faire: Shawn Thorsson's ED-209- Part 3

Published on Mar 28, 2014

This is the latest video documenting Shawn Thorsson's project to build a life-size replica of ED-209, the deadly, bad-guy robot from the original Robocop movie for Maker Faire Bay Area 2014. In this episode, he breaks down the finer points of mold making.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:35

Building up to Maker Faire: Part 4

Published on Apr 8, 2014

Shawn Thorsson is building an ED-209 Robot (better known as the Enforcement Droid from Robocop) for Maker Faire. As if that's not cool enough, you can follow along in his fourth installment and see how he vacuum forms the droid's exterior.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:37

Building up to Maker Faire: Part 5

Published on Apr 29, 2014

Shawn Thorsson is building an ED-209 Robot (better known as the Enforcement Droid from Robocop) for Maker Faire. As if that's not cool enough, you can follow along in his fifth installment and see how he rotocasts a portion of the robots arm.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:40

Building Up To Maker Faire: Part 6

Published on May 16, 2014

This is the final installment of Shawn Thorsson's build of Robocop baddie ED-209 for Maker Faire Bay Area. View the full post, "Building Up to Maker Faire, Shawn Thorsson Brings ED-209 to Life: Part 6 — Assembly and Painting"

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:41

Building up to Maker Faire: The Final Reveal

Published on May 20, 2014

Shawn Thorsson reveals his ED-209 replica at Maker Faire 2014.

**Airicist** · 21st May 2014, 01:46

Making a RoboCop ED-209 Life-Size Replica!

Published on May 20, 2014

Prop maker Shawn Thorsson spent just three months building a perfect replica of the ED-209 robot from RoboCop, complete with motorized limbs and sound effects. At Maker Faire, Shawn chats with us about the build process for this project and how he brought this iconic robot to life.