Journal
Workshop Notes
Short pieces from the people who make ELM: what we’re knitting, what we’ve changed, what we got wrong, and what ELM learned in the homes that tested it.
Company
Why We Stay in Bristol
People often ask why a robot company would settle in Bristol rather than somewhere bigger. The honest answer involves knitters, steep staircases and a city that likes making things.
Home Life
Three Generations, One Hallway
A household of grandparents, parents and children hosted an ELM prototype for three weeks this summer. Here is what an ordinary day looked like, and what surprised them.
Home Life
Getting to Know a Home
Every home has its own logic: where the shoes go, which door sticks, how the light falls at teatime. Here is how ELM comes to learn yours.
Workshop
Darning a Well-Loved Shell
Knit wears wherever hands and doorframes meet it. In the workshop, we’ve been learning how to darn, patch and re-knit ELM’s shell so it can last for years.
Workshop
Choosing Yarn for the Shell
The knit shell is the part of ELM you touch most. Here is how we chose its yarn weight, and why it took forty swatches.
Research
What Quiet Means for ELM
A quiet robot is not only a low number on a meter. Our research team explains how we listen for the sounds people actually notice at home.