Automation Contest

It's time to delegate the work with automation. Use a computer or machine to automate a task and show us how you did it!

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Grand Prize

WINNERS

Winners Finalists All Entries

Grand Prize

Vintage Alarm to Remind Stuff for the Elderly (REMIND-INO) Automate YOU! by MakeUnited

First Prize

Automated Air Cannon With Videos by 1alembic in Energy

35K

DIY REFLOW OVEN by Vulcaman in Electronics

45K

Super-fast DIY Slide Scanner by tjaap in Raspberry Pi

15K

Second Prize

TURTLE IR - AUTOMATE EVERY IR CONTROLLED HOME ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES by patrick panikulam in Remote Control

10K

Controlling Devices With Your Hands: Automated Filmmaking Rig by Pave Workshop in Gadgets

7.2K

Gesture/Pattern Recognition Without Camera : TOF Sensor & SPAD Array by jeanotP1314 in Sensors

2.6K

Whole Home Wireless Water Leak Detector and Emergency Water Shut Off System by marciot in Home Improvement

2.1K

Automated Overhead Camera Assistant for Instructional Videos by KronBjorn in Assistive Tech

40K

Runner Up

Portable Portrait Painter by Ben Lucy in Arduino

13K

Autonomous Solar-powered Irrigation & Monitoring Station by Emiliano Valencia in Wireless

10K

Motorized Etch-A-Sketch by steve_a in Raspberry Pi

17K

Automatic Arduino Powered Camera Slider With Pan and Tilt by Technovation in Arduino

8.9K

Automating an Acrylic Line Bender With Arduino by BEL2055 in Tools

5.0K

Smart Pull-Up Bar by Nikolaos Babetas in Arduino

7.1K

Automatic Toilet Flusher (Reduce Touch, Reduce COVID-19 Infection) by taifur in Arduino

5.6K

Portable Auto Height Adjust Stand for Multipurpose by jegatheesan.soundarapandian in Arduino

8.5K

The AI Label Maker by 8BitsAndAByte in Raspberry Pi

36K

Spin Bike Controller by doudar in Microcontrollers

7.9K

19 PRIZES

Grand Prize

One Grand Prize winner will receive a $500 gift card.

First Prize

Three First Prize winners will receive a $250 gift card.

Second Prize

Five Second Prize winners will receive a $150 gift card.

Runner Up

Ten Runner Up winners will receive a $50 gift card.

HOW IT WORKS

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Feb 1, 2021 and Mar 29, 2021 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Automation Contest. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.