#robotics Logs

Feb 01 2013

05:02 orlok Coooold...
07:02 orlok coooold
07:17 Tom_itx 18f
08:57 rue_house Tom_itx, just for making phone apps
10:09 prjkt so... is there anything that is like a pipe cleanerbut bends: ___ to \__ to |___ and back again?
11:53 IndianaRonaldo Anybody worked on spherical robotics?
12:36 theBear hmm, we had someone many years ago that worked on a kinda snake-robot with/for? nasa, forget who it was
12:47 RifRaf wildmage?
13:00 theBear ooh, totally
13:00 theBear haven't seen him for years then...
13:01 theBear wonder if he changed courses or is in some deep underground super-secret robot lab now
19:17 rue_house !seen wildmage
19:17 tobbor wildmage was last seen in #robotics on Jan 07 00:09 2013
19:23 moriarty !seen dantekgeek
19:23 tobbor I have never seen dantekgeek
19:23 moriarty !seen kanzure
19:23 tobbor kanzure was last seen in #robotics on Nov 07 14:50 2012
19:30 Jak_o_Shadows !seen rue_house
19:30 tobbor rue_house is here
19:43 RifRaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVwU4Qmx30
19:49 rue_house interpolation could use some work but it looks goo
19:49 rue_house d
19:50 RifRaf cannot work out how to slow the loop down yet
19:50 RifRaf the servos are smooth with only a few movements, but the more i add the faster it has to go to do them all
19:51 RifRaf is simple, just dunno where its hiding
19:51 rue_house snap us a picture of the interface for setting up the motion seq
19:52 RifRaf hey i coded it all myself :P
19:54 RifRaf http://imagebin.org/245123
19:55 RifRaf http://imagebin.org/245098
19:56 RifRaf rue what you think?
21:43 shuggans hey all!
21:45 shuggans Rue/Riff: http://www.visuafusion.com/robotics/IMAG0080.jpg | http://www.visuafusion.com/robotics/IMAG0081.jpg | http://www.visuafusion.com/robotics/IMAG0082.jpg
21:51 RifRaf g'day shuggans
21:52 RifRaf looks like you have something all hooked up ready to go
21:52 RifRaf are you doing fets and relays?
21:52 shuggans yes
21:52 shuggans fets for pwm
21:52 shuggans later on
21:52 shuggans relays handle the 50 amps
21:52 RifRaf cool
21:53 shuggans 3 fets wires will handle 60, which is more than the relays
21:53 RifRaf i hope rue does not drag it out too long, have you got the relays going?
21:53 shuggans Im going out to the garage to drille 3 more holes for the fet board
21:53 shuggans brb
21:53 RifRaf k
21:53 RifRaf me too
21:53 shuggans no- just the coil circuit is wired
21:53 shuggans I have 10G wire for the rest, going to double up on it
21:54 shuggans brb
22:04 shuggans back
22:05 shuggans rif: how u like me solder traces on the fet board?
22:05 shuggans took an hour :P
22:07 RifRaf nice and heavy duty
22:07 RifRaf heh hope you didn't cook the fets
22:07 shuggans lol nah
22:07 shuggans put them in last
22:08 shuggans how do u make the PCBs tho, for future reference?
22:09 RifRaf first you sketch a schematic by hand, then put into cad, like eagle
22:09 RifRaf make prototypes, get final design made properly if you want it to last
22:11 RifRaf shuggans, my latest thing, http://imagebin.org/245097 http://imagebin.org/245098
22:14 shuggans ur depressing me now rif.
22:14 shuggans :P
22:14 RifRaf its pulled apart again now
22:14 RifRaf redesigning a few bits and adding 7th servo to make better wrist
22:15 RifRaf wanna see it move? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVwU4Qmx30
22:16 rue_shop2 RifRaf, nobody has beat me to that dancing challance I set up way back
22:17 RifRaf what one rue?
22:17 RifRaf rue_shop2 can you make shuggans thing work?
22:23 shuggans is 10G wire thick enough for this or do I need to go 8 or 6?
22:32 rue_shop2 shuggans, there you are
22:32 rue_shop2 where did you go for so long?
22:32 rue_shop2 shuggans, 10awg is fine
22:33 shuggans for 50 amps?
22:33 shuggans I was at work out of town all week
22:33 rue_shop2 shuggans, ok, from the battery (combined currents) they use
22:33 shuggans Igot a place where I am working though, so will be moving there soon. should be there by the 22nd, internet shortly after
22:34 shuggans ok. so 10awg is DEFINATELY good? no need to double up?
22:35 rue_shop2 huh, I misplaced it
22:35 rue_shop2 its 8 or smaller
22:36 rue_shop2 the motors on mine use ~14
22:36 shuggans ahhh
22:36 shuggans and they are similar motors right?
22:36 shuggans just being cautious bc these relays that came on the chair are 50 amp
22:37 rue_shop2 disability chair
22:37 shuggans I think I can double up if need be
22:37 rue_shop2 my motors are 24V, I cant read the current from them
22:37 shuggans yes - pride jazzy powerchair
22:39 Tom_itx rue_shop2, what you workin on tonight?
22:41 shuggans gna go find a soldering gun - this iron isnt cutting it
22:42 Tom_itx can't beat a good soldering iron
22:42 shuggans 15w radio shack special :P
22:43 Tom_itx i got a couple of those
22:43 Tom_itx neither one work very good
22:43 Tom_itx got a decent weller i use regular
22:43 Tom_itx used the same tip for years
22:44 rue_shop2 it took 4 hours, but I'v cleared a square foot of the workbench
22:44 Tom_itx need a shovel?
22:44 rue_shop2 frontend loader?