About Robo Kyle
Free designs for adaptive gear anyone can build. Files, photos and build steps on every work, shared by the people who made them.
The story
Kyle is our friend. After his accident we started looking at adaptive equipment and found out what it costs. Some of us build things, so we started building what he needed instead and putting the files somewhere anyone could get them.
This is not a company, not a shop, not a startup. It is a small site, a few friends, and a pile of files that we would like to see get bigger. If something here looks rough, it is because we would rather publish a working design than polish it forever.
How the site works
The short version. The full rules live in the guide.
Works
One buildable thing per page: files, photos, steps. A step can even be another whole work, so kits link to their parts.
Building on
Every edit is a new version, and "Build on this" gives you your own copy to change. Originals stay untouched, and the family tree stays visible.
Talk
Plans, questions, and posts about a work. Use Talk when you have words, Works when you have files.
Votes
Downvoting requires a reason, and the community judges the reason. Fair criticism earns credit; lazy criticism costs the critic.
Skills
Nine skills that level slowly to 99. Real points come from other people valuing your work, not from posting a lot.
RoboXP
One number for everything you have earned; Creators ranks by it. Innovation only grows when others build on your work.
What to use when
- Built something? Add it as a work.
- Have an idea but no files yet? Post a plan in Talk.
- Stuck on something? Ask a question in Talk.
- Made someone else's work? Show it off in Talk, on that work.
- Want it slightly different? Build on this, from the work's page.
- Something wrong with a work? Downvote with your reason, or comment.
- Looking for something? Search works by the need it serves.
How you can help
- Share a design you have actually built and used.
- Take one that is close but not quite right, fix it, and post your version.
- Answer a question if you know the answer.
- Tell us what you need and cannot find. That is how most of these start.
Why it is free
The hard part was rarely the material or the printing. It was knowing what to make and having a file to start from. Once that exists, copying it costs nobody anything, so charging for it never made sense to us. Nothing on here is for sale, and you do not need an account to look around or download anything.
Get in touch
Email robokyleorg@gmail.com.