#robotics Logs

May 03 2013

10:38 xorly someone here asked for info about multi sensor MPU-6050, it arrived today, ready for testing...
16:23 RifRaf cool, mine is working well
16:24 RifRaf the mpu6050
19:05 RifRaf Triffid_Hunter: you about?
19:31 zhanx https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pzldRqQNw7s/UYRRv8IyCGI/AAAAAAAADyk/PR7fSnKYBEQ/s640/IMG_20130503_194126.jpg
19:31 zhanx https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kc9_vLLhv1k/UYRRvYiq_JI/AAAAAAAADyc/0Za7UqNKJZE/s640/IMG_20130503_194204.jpg
19:31 zhanx https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nl3cEka_5jQ/UYRRvZzN3GI/AAAAAAAADyY/T7jHFYvi81w/s512/IMG_20130503_194225.jpg
19:31 zhanx new robot is starting to take shape
19:40 RifRaf what kind of robot is it zhanx?
19:40 zhanx let me up load a picture of what inspired it
19:41 zhanx https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D7gL72p2JOI/UYRV91DOPVI/AAAAAAAADzU/lSjWW3ur7Ko/s512/2429.jpg
19:49 RifRaf looks like a cool project
19:50 zhanx more work to go to get the body right
19:51 zhanx RifRaf, using steel rod (thin) to make the internal frame, the body will be vacuum formed
19:51 zhanx doing the body first or i will never do it
19:58 RifRaf nice un, so you going to make all the forms for the vacuum setup, i made a good vacuum former a few years back, worked well
19:59 zhanx yep
21:37 RifRaf garage sale over, still got so much junk
21:38 zhanx i got to much junk also
21:40 RifRaf zhanx: how big is the new robot?
21:40 zhanx umm 28" wide x 14" tall for the chest
21:49 RifRaf has anyone seen Triffid_Hunter ?
21:50 zhanx !seem Triffid_Hunter
21:50 zhanx that was a typo
21:57 RifRaf !seen
21:57 RifRaf i don't think tobber lives anymore
21:58 RifRaf !seen Triffid_Hunter
21:58 tobbor triffid_hunter is here
21:58 RifRaf gee thanks
22:09 rue_house tobbor had a hardware upgrade, seems to be ok now
22:09 rue_house I may copy all the logs back in
22:10 RifRaf good job, 486 now?
22:12 rue_house :) all the way to 1Ghz AMD
22:13 zhanx faster than my laptop!
22:13 rue_house its prolly a good thing I did the upgrade, it turns out the other two hard drives bought the same time are both dead
22:15 rue_house Triffid_Hunter, ping