#robotics Logs

Nov 05 2013

00:30 GuShH MrCurious: I want to live on the moon
00:30 GuShH doable but not practical
00:31 GuShH theBear: beer is up by 10.5% average down here.
00:31 MrCurious i think living on the moon would be easier than anyone thinks
00:31 MrCurious make solar robots that scoop lunar dust
00:31 GuShH go do it
00:31 MrCurious then using solar reflection, melt the dust into glass, and add layer on top of layer forming bricks
00:31 GuShH MrTalkTalkTalk
00:32 MrCurious and another bot to glue the mortor dust to the bricks by turning it too into glass
00:32 MrCurious if you obuild it, they will come
00:32 GuShH glass as you know it is more than silica, and is silica most of lunar dust?
00:32 MrCurious and you can book an economy ticket
00:32 GuShH book my ass.
00:33 GuShH don't talk to me about economy!!
00:33 ShH expl
00:34 GuShH our secretary of domestic trade claims meat in general has not seen any price increase in 3 years... I got numbers ranging from 101% down to 10.6% increase in a period of 15 days.
00:34 GuShH they keep shoving a stick up our ass and people keep falling for it
00:35 GuShH in essence everything goes up by 10 to 15% average every month, yet he claims that's not true.
00:35 GuShH however the numbers are there, they're real.
00:35 GuShH they are however not currently exposed.
00:35 GuShH not in the way they should be.
00:37 MrCurious so having a FREE PRESS isnt working out real well for you
00:37 GuShH it's not really free
00:38 GuShH and you may get shot sooner or later
00:39 GuShH the actual entity that is supposed to keep track of prices has been vandalized at least once, by people sent by this very same "secretary of domestic trade" --- his own goons.
00:39 GuShH they're all blind with power, they have more money than they can spend in 10 lifetimes (they've stole it from us) but they keep at it.
00:44 MrCurious is there any chance you might have been careless steuards of the money, as a people, allowing them to gain wealth simply by preying on the stupid?
00:45 GuShH MrCurious: you can read about it online
00:45 GuShH MrCurious: the only stupidity is letting politicians breathe.
00:46 MrCurious we too are finding them to be an annoyance
00:47 MrCurious but we seem to be devolving into 2 very distinct partites... the one that makes sense, vs the one that is confused, angry, greedy, against the poor, and hates gays and birth control, and abortions
00:47 MrCurious situation should self resolve in a few years
00:48 GuShH maybe in your country it will
00:48 MrCurious but t willl be a fun self destruct to watch
00:48 GuShH here it's only downhill
00:49 MrCurious when a government ceases to meet the needs of the peeople, ,and simply exists to serve its own needs is when it becomes the peoples responsibility to do something to remedy the intolerable situation, no?
00:49 GuShH I'll do my part with this service.
00:49 MrCurious perhapps you can ask brazil for some lessons in how to do government right
00:49 GuShH If you are implying I should grab a gun and get huntin' that's just not doable.
00:50 GuShH Brazil has just as many issues
00:50 GuShH with the exception that they allow imports.
00:50 MrCurious i am not advocating violence
00:50 MrCurious i am advocating gatherings to discuss it, conecnsus forming, and a plan of action
00:50 GuShH you should see the faces of these dipshits, maybe you would advocate violence then.
00:50 MrCurious violent or not is up to you
00:51 GuShH hrmm what's the most common type of brass?
00:51 MrCurious often times, getting a significant percent of the population to meet in an unusual place and sing songs anbout problems usually gets th message across
00:51 GuShH I'm trying to find a tensile strength comparison chart vs T6 and other common alu alloys
00:51 Curious wanders off to
00:52 GuShH MrCurious: we've done that and we managed to get our then president to run away, take a heli and hide like a rat.
00:52 GuShH it was quite a happy day
00:53 MrCurious so you have a working understaanding of the rules of the game, and an understanding of a path forward
00:53 MrCurious :)
00:54 MrCurious plesant dreams
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp 0.0
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp -2.1
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp 1.3
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp -2.1
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp 0.8
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp -2.5
09:16 rue_house ExhaustTemp 0.8
09:16 rue_house I think I need to stabalize this sensor
09:17 rue_house thats 30 second intervals
09:19 rue_house I wonder if thats an alias of 60Hz noise
13:12 GuShH rue_house: and those values are in ...? relative to what?
13:13 GuShH or did you just invent a new unit called the Rue
16:34 theBear http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/12/07/electropermanent-magnets-programmable-magnets-zero-static-power-consumption-enable-s mmmm.... i like it.. kinda similar to an idea i suspected worked for a long time (i ain't a heavy physics dude, but basically fixed + electromag = cancellable electromag with 'free' holding) ... and i can't help but smile when i see a little classic old fashioned robot, and the
16:34 theBear first bunch of pics has one !
16:36 theBear http://www.earthchain.com/electro-permanent.htm oooh and nice link from article to a practical and kinda awesome application too
18:29 rue_house C
18:29 Tom_itx sea
18:31 Faek See
18:32 GargantuaSauce si
19:05 rue_house C++
21:19 robotustra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hld-6YdsHQY&feature=youtu.be
21:19 robotustra some tests
21:20 GargantuaSauce thunk thunk
21:20 GargantuaSauce might want limit switches? :)
21:22 GargantuaSauce cool though...what camera is that?
21:23 robotustra no
21:23 robotustra what for limit switches?
21:23 robotustra it's a chinese webcam
21:24 robotustra 640x480
21:24 GargantuaSauce to stop it from slamming the gimbal into the edges of the frame
21:24 robotustra i'll glue some rubber
21:24 robotustra it's not an issue
21:25 robotustra I tested DC motors
21:25 robotustra and they work as I expected
21:28 robotustra GargantuaSauce: are you Peter?
21:29 GargantuaSauce ya
21:30 robotustra I can recognize canada by these flores
21:30 robotustra 12 servos
21:30 GargantuaSauce 18
21:31 robotustra OMG
21:31 robotustra what board did you use for controller?
21:31 GargantuaSauce stm32f4 discovery
21:32 GargantuaSauce and http://workman-industries.net/images/hexapod/servoboard_front.jpg for the servos
21:33 robotustra No, I mean the controller, not driver board
21:34 robotustra ah ok
21:34 robotustra expansion board
21:35 GargantuaSauce the f4 really has enough GPIOs to have controlled the servos directly but eh
21:36 robotustra how much does it consume?
21:37 GargantuaSauce the hexapod?
21:37 GargantuaSauce it could theoretically hit >30A
21:38 robotustra omg
21:38 GargantuaSauce when walking like in the video i think it's around 8-10
21:38 GargantuaSauce at 6v
21:38 robotustra a lot
21:39 robotustra not so energy efficient
21:39 GargantuaSauce i am working on a new 4dof per leg version and the new servos will happily draw 3A
21:39 robotustra why 4 DOF?
21:39 GargantuaSauce why not
21:39 robotustra ok
21:39 GargantuaSauce :)
21:39 robotustra workman-industries
21:40 robotustra does your dad have a plant?
21:40 GargantuaSauce no I just couldn't think of a better domain
21:40 robotustra ha haha
21:41 GargantuaSauce sadly it turns out there's a workman industries that does demolition in winnipeg
21:41 robotustra wow, you are not lasy and did your website
21:41 robotustra heh
21:41 GargantuaSauce i clicked a button to install wordpress
21:41 robotustra imagine - your hexapods ruin hauses in winterpeg
21:41 GargantuaSauce one can dream
21:42 robotustra I can do site in notepad, but I just don't have time for it
21:43 robotustra robots should be enegy efficient
21:43 robotustra IMHO
21:43 robotustra better do 24DOF robot with 1A consumption
21:44 robotustra that is a chalenge
21:44 GargantuaSauce the hexapod design is sort of inherently inefficient
21:44 robotustra chelenge
21:44 GargantuaSauce and yeah i agree to a degree but also don't really give a hoot
21:44 robotustra Where do you live?
21:44 GargantuaSauce PEI
21:45 robotustra Montreal
21:45 robotustra so there is nothing to do there
21:45 robotustra on the island?
21:46 GargantuaSauce depends on what you define to be nothing
21:46 GargantuaSauce charlottetown has the most resturants per capita of any canadian city!
21:47 robotustra my wife cooks good, thank you
21:50 robotustra the longest bridge in canada
21:50 robotustra and it's bent, as everything in canada
21:51 robotustra fogive me my criticism, I'm shitty imigrant :)
21:51 GargantuaSauce lol
21:51 GargantuaSauce i am kind of looking forward to moving on from here
21:51 GargantuaSauce might end up in montreal actually
21:51 GargantuaSauce looking at masters program, mcgill is on my list
21:52 orlok i hear theres jobs in Toronto
21:52 GargantuaSauce yeah the position of mayor is going to open up soon
21:52 orlok requirements are to not be a crack smoker
21:53 orlok that story has even hit the "india" music radio here
21:53 orlok "indie" even
21:54 robotustra GargantuaSauce: do you know french good?
21:54 robotustra Montreal is not the best place in Canada
21:54 GargantuaSauce i wouldn't call myself fluent but i did immersion in school
21:54 orlok yeah, isnt that where they dumped all the frenchies?
21:55 robotustra orlok, no 50/50 english/french
21:55 robotustra they pretend to be dominant in here
21:55 robotustra but shitty emmigrants comming and comming
21:56 robotustra montreal getting chinese very fast
21:56 robotustra they are "visible minority" in here
21:57 robotustra Toronto ~ 55% of pakistanian
21:57 robotustra not cultured city any more
21:58 robotustra May be better to stay in Charlottetown
22:19 rue_house how many days did raymond lowes birthday last?
22:22 ace4016 1, but his unbirthday lasted 364
22:26 rue_house heh
23:35 defaultro i hate my boss! fuck!
23:36 defaultro sorry guys :D
23:36 defaultro friggin stupid
23:49 MrCurious dave is that you? this is your boss i never knew that you hung out here or that you felt that way about me