#robotics Logs

Feb 13 2014

01:10 rue_house $1000 or more?
05:51 dumbass-afk https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Honda+Miimo
05:53 dumbass-afk http://www.summitmowers.com/commercial.php
05:54 dumbass-afk http://www.summitmowers.com/trx-22-se.php
07:26 ShH_ slaps robotu
14:17 SlaveToTheSauce_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFwk303p0zY
21:29 robotustra_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HABjn7qLSY
21:32 GargantuaSauce_ slam slam
21:32 GargantuaSauce_ limit switches, man
21:33 GargantuaSauce_ also i thought you had an aluminium head! looked cooler than acrylic
21:37 robotustra_ now there is no limitation
21:37 robotustra_ I just test movements
21:37 robotustra_ it's not calibrated
21:38 robotustra_ and it's not acrylic, it's polycarbonate
21:38 robotustra_ eyes and other muscles has no special limiters
21:39 robotustra_ I don't use google+ sorry man
21:39 GargantuaSauce_ thats fine, i still get a notification when you post a video that way :)
21:40 robotustra_ you will know it from irc
21:40 robotustra_ google makes people silly
21:41 ace4016 robotustra, the movement of those eyes reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY&feature=kp
21:42 GargantuaSauce_ a lot of drugs went into the production of that video
21:43 ace4016 lol
21:43 robotustra_ I thought more like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwymtmj3ouU
21:44 robotustra_ music is not bad
21:44 robotustra_ ace4016: what suff you on?
21:45 ace4016 life!
21:45 ace4016 :P
21:45 ace4016 (such a lame reply)
21:46 robotustra_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQQvanCpC3Q
21:47 robotustra_ so, where is your progress?
21:47 ace4016 lol
21:48 ace4016 no progress here; don't even have a project to progress on
21:48 ace4016 and time for bed; night
21:48 robotustra_ me, I'll go soon
21:48 GargantuaSauce_ i havent done a thing in weeks :(
21:49 GargantuaSauce_ work is taking all my brain effort
21:49 ace4016 yea...work is lame but it puts food on the table :/
21:50 robotustra_ GargantuaSauce_: and remember, acrylic is for lamers
21:51 robotustra_ use polycarbonate only for robotics
21:51 GargantuaSauce_ either way it's not a shiny aluminium skull and i am disappointed
21:51 robotustra_ it will be carbon fiber skull outside
21:52 GargantuaSauce_ ooh ok :)
21:52 GargantuaSauce_ this is acceptable
21:52 robotustra_ ok
21:52 robotustra_ but it will not be too fast
21:52 GargantuaSauce_ how are you going to form it?
21:54 robotustra_ now I'm going to write a program for eyes
21:54 robotustra_ sync movements and frame grabbing
21:54 GargantuaSauce_ using v4l2?
21:54 robotustra_ yes
21:54 robotustra_ I already did a graber for 2 cameras
21:55 robotustra_ after that - video processing
21:55 robotustra_ and attempt to do 3D mapping of objects
21:55 GargantuaSauce_ ooh
21:55 robotustra_ and this can take up to 2-3 month
21:56 robotustra_ s
21:56 GargantuaSauce_ yeah
21:56 robotustra_ all other things after
21:56 GargantuaSauce_ i am probably going to try something lidar-ish before springing for binocular vision
21:56 GargantuaSauce_ ie projecting a laser line
21:56 GargantuaSauce_ cause yeah binocular stuff is Hard
21:56 robotustra_ lidar is already solved problem
21:56 robotustra_ use kinekt
21:57 GargantuaSauce_ it's huge and also cheating
21:57 robotustra_ yep, do a infrared to map
22:35 robotustra_ not bad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rta8Hsi-xEo
22:40 robotustra_ 30 milliards are stolen during preparation of winter olimpic games in russia
23:24 dumbass-afk what's a milliard?
23:25 GargantuaSauce_ billion
23:26 GargantuaSauce_ french numbers are weird
23:34 robotustra_ 10^9