#robotics Logs
Mar 16 2012
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00:35 katsmeow-afk ...
00:40 rue_house hi
00:42 katsmeow-afk hi
00:42 pigpenguin hi
00:43 katsmeow-afk show on euthanasia on tv atm, i am all for it
00:46 katsmeow-afk https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2012%2F03%2F06%2Fspace%2Dhackathon%2Dcoders%2Dset%2Dto%2Dcompete%2Don%2Dnasadarpa%2Dproject%2F
00:48 pigpenguin you are all for euthanasia or the show thats on?
00:48 pigpenguin and oooh space
00:49 katsmeow-afk euthanasia, as in take me now, please
00:50 katsmeow-afk i'm useless, so why keep bothering?
00:52 pigpenguin uhm I do not know how to respond to that :/
00:52 katsmeow-afk ok
00:52 pigpenguin sorry
00:52 katsmeow-afk np
00:54 pigpenguin so i have mainly been lurking and am missing something, what does tiggr do cause he sounds neat
00:55 katsmeow-afk She doesn't do much but answer questions now, i destroyed a lot of her code because no one saw any use for it,, you know, like Siri does?
00:56 pigpenguin oh ok
00:58 pigpenguin well i have big tests tomorrow im going to bed see you tomorrow
00:58 katsmeow-afk ok
00:59 rue_house http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9uvIhgVz04&feature=related
00:59 rue_house why not push er up to 260 and solder with steam?
01:02 katsmeow-afk steam moves, will blow the solder away
01:09 orlok hmm
01:10 orlok looks like i will have to time rotations
01:10 orlok count gears
01:10 orlok etc
01:10 orlok counting pulses isnt going to do me much good it seems
01:12 rue_house pulses of what?
01:12 rue_house wwhat you doing?
01:14 rue_house orlok,
01:14 katsmeow-afk rue,
01:15 rue_house kat
01:15 katsmeow-afk i need something meaningful
01:15 rue_house ask for world piece why dont ya
01:16 katsmeow-afk ok, can i have whrolled peas?
01:16 rue_house no, nobody can
01:17 rue_house too many people are intent on spending their lives bothing others
01:18 katsmeow-afk therefore i cannot please anyone?
01:18 rue_house you can
01:18 rue_house let me go back to your first problem
01:19 rue_house something meaningfull
01:19 rue_house I'm exploring the ambiguties
01:20 katsmeow-afk oh
01:20 rue_house what, in your mind, would make the world a better place
01:20 rue_house try to pick just one thing...
01:21 rue_house sometimes its hard to focus on one tree when there is a whole forrest going by
01:22 katsmeow-afk it's not "what would make the world a better place", it's "what would make humans like me and like to be around me"
01:22 katsmeow-afk most people don't want whatever would make the world a better place
01:23 rue_house I think I lapsed a scope in defining 'something meaningfull'
01:23 rue_house ok
01:24 katsmeow-afk all i have ever done is stuff that no one can find a use for unless someone else says so, like Tiggr vs Siri ,,, no one liked Tiggr, everyone likes Siri , so wtf can i do ?
01:24 rue_house first you have to get past the flash assesment of 'this person is foe or friend'
01:24 rue_house eeek
01:24 rue_house your work isn't useless
01:24 rue_house or pointless
01:24 katsmeow-afk seems to be
01:25 katsmeow-afk Siri is on millions of phones, Tiggr is not online at all anymore
01:25 rue_house your
01:25 rue_house the
01:25 rue_house its
01:26 katsmeow-afk what?
01:27 rue_house the (things you do (know)) are part of a (classification) that (is not geographically concentrated)
01:27 katsmeow-afk so?
01:27 rue_house your (frustrated) becuase the (people around you) (dont understand the stuff you do)
01:28 katsmeow-afk or people online
01:28 katsmeow-afk that leaves (no people)
01:29 rue_house (people) 'online' 'like you' (are mostly) (self enguaged) and (dont ignore everyone else but have their own things (to think about))
01:29 katsmeow-afk yet they have the time to not appreciate anything i do?
01:29 rue_house there aren't many casual, knowledgable, listeners
01:30 rue_house have you noticed solarNG's behaviour?
01:30 katsmeow-afk some
01:30 rue_house its like Aggrev8ted
01:30 katsmeow-afk so?
01:30 rue_house there are more examples
01:30 rue_house they are so 'enguaged' they dont even hang out
01:31 rue_house !seen robotgrrl
01:31 tobbor RobotGrrl was last seen in #robotics on Aug 29 12:06 2011
01:31 rue_house I asked her to drop by so I could help her with a switching reguator
01:31 katsmeow-afk i dunno what you are getting at
01:31 rue_house weeks ago
01:32 rue_house your part of a nonsocial crowd (its (intensity) varries)
01:33 rue_house it frustrates you cause the only pople who you have a chance of being understood by aren't really listening
01:33 katsmeow-afk hence, i asked for something meaningful, 100 people idling in this channel is meaningLESS
01:34 rue_house also, right now, not many people are 'listening' for projects to express interest in
01:34 rue_house there are also 'no' projects 'of interest' going
01:34 katsmeow-afk i thought Tiggr was interesting
01:34 rue_house I'v tried spawning a few and the results just kinda fizzle
01:35 rue_house (cronologically now) people aren't really listening
01:35 rue_house it may be part of the irc channel life cycle that I dont understand yet
01:36 rue_house I wrote 'rickey' on my hand....
01:37 katsmeow-afk oh
01:37 rue_house I know its the name of a guy thats important to a job
01:37 rue_house I have no idea what job
01:37 rue_house :/
01:38 rue_house I got the small genny going
01:38 rue_house it has a steel bowl that was filled with rust
01:39 rue_house inside is pretty pitted, I was wondering if I should try to zink plate it
01:39 katsmeow-afk what good is a steel owl full of rust? should i add one to my gennies?
01:39 rue_house the gas bowl...
01:39 rue_house not good to have rust in there
01:40 katsmeow-afk ah, true
01:40 rue_house it runs now, I'm happy
01:40 rue_house its only 2400W
01:40 katsmeow-afk my main baby genny is 2500, it will rn everything here, thonot all at once
01:40 rue_house I found a bridge rectifier for the 4kw
01:41 rue_house the 2400 seems to only output single phase
01:41 rue_house it dosn't like running much of anything
01:41 katsmeow-afk why not?
01:41 katsmeow-afk 2400 is still 20amps at 120vac
01:41 rue_house I guess I have a large idle load
01:41 katsmeow-afk oh
01:42 rue_house its wired funny, havn't properly reverse engineered it yet
01:42 rue_house they have a switch that changes from 120 to 240, but its one or the other
01:42 rue_house eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
01:42 rue_house late for bed!
01:43 katsmeow-afk :-(
01:48 rue_bed the 4kw used an aluminum plate to heatsink the diodes
01:48 rue_bed but they also used it as a bar to run power thru
01:49 rue_bed it was so corroded I dont know why it still worked
01:49 rue_bed its got quite a large 100uF 250V capacitor, I'm changing it for a small one
01:49 katsmeow-afk why smaller?
01:50 rue_bed to git the new bridge rectifier I'm replacing hte two diodes with
01:50 rue_bed I think they were MR2008
01:50 rue_bed 200V, 20A
01:51 rue_bed the bridge I have is 600V 35A
01:51 katsmeow-afk but why a smaller cpa?
01:51 katsmeow-afk cap
02:13 theBear i got my bloodtest results back.... i'm 100% healthy ! and rather surprised ! i'm a chronic alcaholic and my organs are all well above 90% in things like filtration rates !
02:13 theBear even my diet is good !
02:14 eBear tries to look sho
02:14 theBear not allowed to take any less pills for 3 weeks tho
02:19 katsmeow-afk pills
02:37 rue_bed katsmeow-afk, sry, falling asleep
02:38 rue_bed physically smaller cap, same specs
02:38 katsmeow-afk oh
02:38 rue_bed new caps are 1/3 the size
02:38 tsmeow-afk
02:54 katsmeow-afk http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/
07:13 katsmeow-afk http://duckduckgo.com/?q=ISS+robot+Dextre+refuels+satellites
07:13 Steffanx uh?
07:18 katsmeow-afk i said: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=ISS+robot+Dextre+refuels+satellites
07:19 katsmeow-afk what part is hard to understand?
07:19 tsmeow-afk goes away a
07:19 Steffanx www.google.com/?q=Let's+paste+some+urls+of+a+search+engine
07:20 katsmeow-afk oh, you thought the address had nothing to do with robotics?
07:20 Steffanx That video of the bbc (first result)… you americans with your weapons :S
07:21 katsmeow-afk rather than paste several urls about Dextre, i gave you 100's of them in the search results
07:21 Steffanx A "safe" weapon
07:22 katsmeow-afk what video of a weapon? how is a datacenter a video of a weapon?
07:22 Steffanx Like i said, the first result
07:22 Steffanx http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9706131.stm
07:23 Steffanx @ 0:22
07:23 katsmeow-afk i am not responcible for the content of other sites
07:23 Steffanx I didn't say that
08:57 rue_house its interesting when your tired, how conversations seem like a collection of unrelated statements
08:58 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2012/03/16/storing-sketches-in-the-cloud/
08:58 rue_house I like the opening on that
08:58 Steffanx Even when you're not tired it looks like that rue
09:07 rue_house oh
10:43 KongfuPanda hello robotics people :D
10:43 KongfuPanda nano-technology is coming: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17357374
10:46 Steffanx Everybody is kongfu fighting
12:40 katsmeow-afk rue, but you haveto admit, once you teach the horses how to get you home from the store, they are better at that than your modern car is
12:42 Steffanx ha
12:45 katsmeow-afk ah ha! told ya the clock freq of an avr can be used for a radio carrier : http://spritesmods.com/?art=avrfmtx&page=1
12:50 Steffanx Yeah, that guy does amazing things with electronics
12:54 katsmeow-afk did Parallax buy out BASIC Stamp when i wasn't looking?
12:55 Steffanx Don't know, don't care :)
16:00 i-make-robots http://beta.westcoastkits.com/shop/robotics/drawbot-v1/
16:04 Steffanx Spam?
16:07 Steffanx 150$ :S
16:14 SolarNRG beddy byes for snoozy pies
16:16 Steffanx Uh WHAT?
17:13 delinquentme anyone here work with HDLs?
17:14 delinquentme im trying to wrap my head around them... like this is something that you basically spec out hardware for an operation and then you're able to test its functionality?
17:15 zhanx ? HDL?
17:23 delinquentme hardware description language
17:24 delinquentme A simulation program, designed to .... model a piece of hardware before it is created physically.
17:25 delinquentme id *LOVE* to be able to program some hardware and have it magically tell me what parts and give me a schematic
17:25 zhanx sounds cool
17:27 delinquentme yeah
17:27 delinquentme anyone in here have ideas on what kind of medical research inclined robotics kids would like to build?
17:36 Tom_itx surgical arm
17:49 delinquentme true.
17:49 delinquentme http://octopart.com/partsearch#search/requestData&q=optical%20linear%20encoder
17:49 delinquentme octopart is a much better search than digikey
18:01 thylane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDsLayRKQA&feature=player_embedded
18:04 Steffanx That sound very dutch thylane :)
18:04 Steffanx *sounds
18:05 Steffanx Awful
18:08 thylane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Px6RSL9Ac&feature=related
18:30 delinquentme thylane, so thats cool but like
18:30 delinquentme im not entirely sure that those solve problems
18:30 delinquentme gar.
18:31 thylane you are not sure 3D printing is better than the oldmethod?
18:45 delinquentme thylane, i mean these little modular robots :D
18:45 delinquentme like modular good
18:45 delinquentme doing shit .. better
18:45 delinquentme MFG
19:34 zhanx house shopping
19:38 katsmeow-afk zhanx, why?
19:38 e4016 just bought a h
19:38 ace4016 it's a buyers market right now :)
19:39 katsmeow-afk yeas, but if zhanx gets deployed, he could easily lose it in mortgage finegling
19:39 katsmeow-afk it happens
19:39 ace4016 true; unless he rents out
19:40 katsmeow-afk and, homeowners insurance could deny all claims if he is hurt or killed while on active duty, so again the house is lost
19:42 ace4016 aye
19:42 ace4016 i totally need to make a workshop soon :D
19:45 zhanx if i get deployed i will come back
19:45 zhanx i always come back
19:46 katsmeow-afk disabled vets have lost their homes
19:46 tsmeow-afk is only expressing con
19:46 zhanx i am technically disabled now
19:46 zhanx even tho i ran 4 miles today
19:46 katsmeow-afk yea,, that 4 miles kinda takes the edge off "disabled"
19:47 zhanx yea, itsfunny
19:47 katsmeow-afk i useto run 4 miles too, cannot run at all now
19:47 zhanx well they said enjoy it while i can
19:47 ace4016 hrm, what branch are you with zhanx?
19:47 zhanx army
19:47 ace4016 ah
19:47 zhanx i am a motor sgt for a division signal company
19:48 zhanx its not a bad gig, but i got awesome orders for july
19:48 zhanx back on jump status supporting the cool guys
19:48 ace4016 does it involve explosions?
19:48 katsmeow-afk make one of the motorised units remote controlled?
19:48 zhanx yep
19:48 ace4016 :D
19:48 zhanx something
19:48 zhanx this time i have to be vague
19:49 katsmeow-afk you always haveto be vague
19:49 ace4016 nature of the beast
19:49 katsmeow-afk but as long as you're safe
19:49 zhanx safe is a relative term
19:49 zhanx what i consider safe you wouldn't
19:50 katsmeow-afk safe as in shielded, armored, or just not shot at
19:50 zhanx but on the good news my leg is getting stronger everyday
19:50 zhanx safe as i get to shoot back, screw the rest
19:50 anx loves his
19:50 katsmeow-afk my back is feeling better since that loud grinding noise earlier this week too
19:50 zhanx cool
19:51 zhanx you should do yoga
19:51 zhanx i do it
19:51 katsmeow-afk i should put a water pump in he stream so i can have running water again
19:51 katsmeow-afk heck with yoga
19:51 zhanx yoga helps trust me
19:51 katsmeow-afk so would a shower and clean clothes
19:51 katsmeow-afk and not carrying buckets to flush the toilet
19:52 zhanx i am 6 months ahead of schedule and i owe it to it and yes you can must a pump easy you know this
19:52 zhanx or just use pipe
19:52 zhanx and it can power the house
19:53 katsmeow-afk i got pipe run underground down there now, plus heavy powerline, and two ethernet lines
19:53 zhanx awesome almost done then
19:53 katsmeow-afk just need the tie to the pipe and foot valve and strainer (got it all), and a tank up here to catch the water
19:53 zhanx see
19:54 katsmeow-afk i am thinking a 15ft dia above ground pool for $300, holds ~4000 gallons
19:54 zhanx great thing take time
19:54 katsmeow-afk trying to find a smaller pool, so i can put it in the cellar, so no freeze issues
19:55 zhanx gotcha
19:55 katsmeow-afk but i think no one makes a pool smaller than 12ft
19:55 zhanx you can weld so stack wading pools for kids
19:55 zhanx just hit 5.4mbs d/l
19:55 katsmeow-afk these cheapies are plastic sheet, pretty much, so welding is out, and the smallest kiddie pool is 12ft
19:56 zhanx weld a stand
19:56 zhanx stack them
19:56 katsmeow-afk else i'd just use 3 4x8 sheets os 16awg and weld a ring and set it in concrete,, but the readymade pool is a *lot* faster and easier on me
19:56 zhanx true
19:59 katsmeow-afk one of the pumps i ordered off ebay seriosly sucks, the motor frame is nearly as thick as aluminum foil, both pump mounts have broken off in shipping, and i just noticed it
20:00 katsmeow-afk i am hoping the otehr bigger pump is better, and maybe i can fix this little one by attaching appropriate steel to the bolts that hold it together
20:00 zhanx i would
20:00 zhanx brb my network has weird activity
20:01 katsmeow-afk k
20:05 zhanx weird
20:05 zhanx my cluster is causing it
20:05 zhanx think a nic card is bad so i shut it down
20:05 katsmeow-afk each puter keeps verifying the others are there?
20:06 zhanx yep
20:06 zhanx packet storms
20:06 katsmeow-afk winxp does that so bad i makes me scream,, i am looking for alternatives to that mess now too
20:06 zhanx its linix
20:06 zhanx linux
20:06 zhanx but
20:06 katsmeow-afk just drag an icon across a network shortcut, the puters freezes as it checks on that shortcut
20:07 zhanx happens
20:07 katsmeow-afk just dragging it over, not dropping it on
20:07 zhanx k
20:08 ace4016 i suck at soldering now; a 3 year break when you weren't that great doesn't help :P
20:08 zhanx nope
20:09 zhanx guess the gf is having house guests now
20:10 katsmeow-afk ok, ebay is broke again: 167 results found, displaying 50 per page, but only one page is available,, all 167 results fit in the 50 shown?
20:10 zhanx ebay is broke, what a shocker
20:17 katsmeow-afk 750 gallons for $100
20:17 katsmeow-afk but that's a liner, not a pool
20:17 katsmeow-afk if i put water in it, i don't know if it will split or not
20:34 katsmeow-afk 1,400 gallons complete pool, $214 ,, but it's 15 dia so i cannot put it in the cellar
20:34 katsmeow-afk odd, they say it holds 3736 gallons
20:37 katsmeow-afk pi * dia = area, then times depth = cu ft , then times 7.5 gallons per cu ft = gallon capacity ,, right?
20:39 katsmeow-afk 3.14 * 15 = 47 , times 4ft deep = 188 , times 7.5 = 1,400 , they say it's 3736 gallons
20:40 katsmeow-afk whoops
20:40 katsmeow-afk pi r^2
21:07 katsmeow-afk i must be tired,, or undernourishd again, i keep making stupid mistakes tonite
21:08 tsmeow-afk has not been getting enough protein, eating only veg
21:23 thylane http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/#Robots
21:26 thylane http://www.orocos.org/
21:29 katsmeow-afk http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/google-flushes-heat-from-data-center-with-toilet-water.ars
21:32 katsmeow-afk rue : http://nodemaker.posterous.com/the-problem-with-ideas
21:46 thylane http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/979852762/help-us-build-a-mech-warfare-robot-arena
21:47 katsmeow-afk mecha warfare arena : drained inground swimming pool
21:47 thylane katsmeow-afk how do you read that fast?
21:47 katsmeow-afk i was right?
21:48 katsmeow-afk no, they want something else
21:51 thylane http://www.morav.net/images/behindthescenes/IMG_0119.jpg
21:54 katsmeow-afk it has 2 legs, two arms, paws, and no middle or head? ,, and a human working on it
21:59 thylane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrhlYsF2uTU&feature=related
22:01 katsmeow-afk the robot with skulls on it's legs has terrible walking code
22:04 thylane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLncgtPtk8&feature=related
22:08 thylane the killer robots thing in the arena has never been very interesting to me
22:08 thylane This mech warfare in the city thing is nice though.
22:12 rue_house hi
22:12 rue_house hi
22:12 rue_house you stupid bot say hello
22:12 rue_house hi
22:12 tobbor Hello rue_house
22:12 rue_house better
22:15 katsmeow-afk rue : http://nodemaker.posterous.com/the-problem-with-ideas
22:16 tsmeow-afk looks for a nap to
22:18 rue_house someone at work phoned and my nap stopped short
22:19 peepsalot anyone acoustics whizzes in here?
22:19 home okay
22:19 home okay
22:19 home OKAY
22:21 peepsalot nokay
22:32 rue_house WHAT? WHAt? WHat? Wat? wat at t t
22:34 Tom_itx ok another batch of boxes milled
22:35 rue_house YAY! YAy Yay ay y y y
22:35 m_itx turns down the reverb on rue_house's keyb
22:35 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2011/11/15/snake-bot-gives-us-the-mechanical-heevy-jeevies/
22:35 rue_house oh yea that cool
22:36 rue_house glad they got it going
22:40 katsmeow-afk hmm, it's thundery outside
22:40 rue_house http://lucidscience.com/gal-robot%20scrapyard-1.aspx
22:42 katsmeow-afk note from powerco: we will be turning off your power from 8am till 2pm on Tuesday, sorry bout that.
22:45 rue_house I like this one, he builds big stuff
22:46 katsmeow-afk me too, and he used very little new stuff
22:46 rue_house yea
22:46 rue_house from what I can figure about right percentage wise
22:47 tsmeow-afk soooooooooooooo wants to get things b
22:47 rue_house something odd tho
22:47 rue_house looks like he dosn't keep a stockpile
22:48 katsmeow-afk look in the background of http://www.lucidscience.com/gallery/Robot%20Scrapyard/2.jpg
22:48 rue_house think those aren't working bikes?
22:49 katsmeow-afk not at the angles the wheels are at
22:49 katsmeow-afk i see one wheel in a later pic that's 45 degrees off a chack that's sitting there
22:49 katsmeow-afk crank
22:50 home where does he get those motors from :(
22:50 katsmeow-afk wchair
22:50 home I want to build a robot that can shoot newspapers 0_0
22:50 rue_house http://lucidscience.com/gal-robot%20scrapyard-44.aspx he has a katlathe
22:50 katsmeow-afk i got 4 big golfcart motors
22:50 home so that I dont have to go outside :(
22:50 rue_house yea, those are some killer motors
22:50 home i need servos...
22:50 home not ready for motors yet..
22:51 katsmeow-afk yep, a katlathe :-)
22:51 katsmeow-afk tip: a file works great for the final few thousands too
22:52 rue_house I have to get preped for robotics tommorow
22:53 katsmeow-afk background of http://www.lucidscience.com/gallery/Robot%20Scrapyard/12.jpg
22:53 rue_house ooo there are a few scrapped bikes in that one
22:54 Tom_itx final pass on that shaft grind job should have been a flat file
22:56 katsmeow-afk he should have at least taken the rust off where he was welding
22:57 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/robotic-arm-follows-the-movements-of-your-own-limbs/
22:57 rue_house ...
22:57 rue_house !assist tutorials/mech
22:57 tobbor Possibly http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/tutorials/mech
22:57 rue_house http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/tutorials/mech/p1010110.jpg
22:57 rue_house haha mine was 2009
23:02 rue_house http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/delta.jpg (background)
23:02 rue_house I should do an evil built servo project
23:05 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2011/08/16/amazing-60-year-old-robot-dog-is-a-mystery/
23:05 katsmeow-afk odd that his tankbot has no spring or force-feedback suspension
23:05 rue_house I thik I'v seen that robot in a book
23:05 rue_house design stage
23:10 katsmeow-afk then powered up the joystick remote control for a test. To my surprise, the robot lurched ahead and went straight through the steel garage door, taking it clean off the hinges
23:11 Tom_itx woops
23:11 katsmeow-afk hey, he has my arc welder!
23:12 katsmeow-afk are we sure this isn't a page i did?
23:14 rue_house http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=5358
23:15 rue_house http://cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/tati08-x640.jpg <-- if I understand right, thats about $500 of transistors in its day
23:15 rue_house I must be wrong
23:15 katsmeow-afk i have something like http://www.lucidscience.com/gallery/Robot%20Scrapyard/66.jpg part built, using a vw transaxle, i have a 3x4ft dumpbed frame over the transaxle, and a floating powered steering wheel that can turn 360 degrees all day long
23:16 katsmeow-afk 5 transistors? what was it's day?
23:16 rue_house weren't transistors $100 ea then?
23:16 rue_house whne did they come down to ~$1
23:16 katsmeow-afk no, the olde CK722 by RCA was like $10 in the early 1970's, iirc
23:17 katsmeow-afk i dunno about the otehr transistors
23:18 rue_house I think that for the mid 50's early 60's someone put a LOT of money into that
23:18 rue_house a lot of attention was put into its construction
23:19 katsmeow-afk wow
23:20 e_house eyes
23:20 rue_house WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 1955!
23:20 ace4016 i was barely a thought in my mother and father's eyes
23:21 ace4016 actually, my mom was just coming into existance around that time
23:21 ace4016 oh, you meant kat >_>
23:21 katsmeow-afk wasn't me, i wuldn't put any effort into making a mechaniccal d-o-g
23:24 rue_house http://furincosplay.blogspot.ca/2011/07/wheatley.html
23:24 rue_house HEY, THE PVC cv joint I thought I thought of
23:24 katsmeow-afk lucidscience's trike needed the steering wheel to be powered too, because if he tried to turn right while the right motor was spinning, he'd be stuck
23:24 katsmeow-afk err
23:24 katsmeow-afk lucidscience's trike needed the steering wheel to be powered too, because if he tried to turn right while the right WHEEL was spinning, he'd be stuck
23:24 katsmeow-afk err
23:24 katsmeow-afk lucidscience's trike needed the steering wheel to be powered too, because if he tried to turn right while the LEFT WHEEL was spinning, he'd be stuck
23:25 katsmeow-afk anyhow, the physics could be bad
23:27 katsmeow-afk "The tracking was very simple - it just looked for a 40KHz beacon that I wore and centered the array by moving the robot. There was no distance detection yet, " <<== famous last words just as the robot ran over him
23:29 katsmeow-afk here's a good rule of thumb you should learn before Murphy strikes: never use pillow block bearings where your life depends on them, like a personal transporter
23:29 katsmeow-afk they are made of grey iron, and are brittle as hell, and will break at the worst time
23:30 katsmeow-afk it happened to me
23:31 katsmeow-afk also, even tho the locking rings on those bearings will prolly rust up and never come apart, ever, no matter how hard you try, don't trust them, they may also simply give way and let the axle slide right out
23:31 katsmeow-afk it's happened
23:40 katsmeow-afk heh @ http://lucidscience.com/gal-robot%20scrapyard-50.aspx <<== http://designerthinking.com/carhub.html
23:41 home i needs motorz + sensors but is pooorz...
23:41 katsmeow-afk home, then use free onezzz
23:41 home i have 2 breadboards.. with some LEDz and resistors..but..but..and arduino.butbut...:( got one motor, but no h-bridge...
23:42 katsmeow-afk rue, you can see how he gets his parts in the background of http://www.lucidscience.com/gallery/Robot%20Scrapyard/102.jpg
23:53 rue_house hahah is that a tow yard?
23:54 katsmeow-afk yep
23:54 rue_house kat is that what they did to your truck?
23:54 katsmeow-afk what?
23:54 katsmeow-afk my truck is in the driveway right now
23:55 rue_house http://designerthinking.com/carhub.html
23:55 rue_house oh i read now
23:55 katsmeow-afk no, i turned the car hub flange the same way he did the part for his megarobot thing
23:56 rue_house http://designerthinking.com/images/carhub/slide(chain)%20hammer.jpg I feel for you on that image right there
23:57 rue_house http://hackaday.com/2011/07/28/3d-printed-singularity-drive-platform/
23:57 rue_house hahaha I like that
23:59 katsmeow-afk heh
23:59 katsmeow-afk lol
23:59 rue_house now, why couldn't that be used to make a single wheel balancing robot?
23:59 katsmeow-afk lookat the motor sitting next to the 4x4 toy rc truck