#robotics Logs

May 29 2014

00:09 just_corey im previously The_Jester but i either registered the nick or somone else did so now im just_corey...
00:34 rue_more "if the logistics behind the meal weren't proplexing enough, how he survived its consumtion left everyone guessing"
07:45 robotustra morning
09:06 nikon_m Oh
09:06 nikon_m Hey there
09:07 nikon_m Anyone around here?
09:07 robotustra around
09:08 nikon_m Yo
09:08 robotustra are you lost?
09:09 nikon_m I got a question, hypothetically would it be possible to use a robot for excavation underground on a horizontal plane? Then use the same robot to create a substance in that area?
09:10 robotustra create a
09:10 robotustra substance
09:10 robotustra what substance?
09:11 robotustra why not
09:11 robotustra but what for
09:11 nikon_m So lets say turn bedrock to piping
09:12 nikon_m Theyd have to be super small
09:12 rue_more there may be no metal in the ground to do it with
09:12 rue_more or the ground might already be made out of it
09:12 rue_more do you know how much ore it takes to make 1cc on iron?
09:13 nikon_m Well, I'm assuming they'll have the supplies
09:13 rue_more 'So lets say turn bedrock to piping'
09:13 rue_more <rue_more> do you know how much ore it takes to make 1cc on iron?
09:15 nikon_m My point is more like moving what they can't use and harvesting what can be used to create the piping
09:16 rue_more my point was that it might take 8000x the material harvested to make 1x the piping
09:16 robotustra yep
09:17 nikon_m But I mean if the resource isn't there then it would be supplied from above ground
09:18 nikon_m I'm more worried about is it possible to create a robot that could do that
09:18 robotustra it'f possible, but do you imagine the size of this robot?
09:18 nikon_m Probably more of a swarm of small robots
09:19 robotustra they already exist
09:19 nikon_m Really?
09:19 robotustra yep, they do tunnels in a rockmounts
09:19 nikon_m Huh
09:19 nikon_m Cool
13:15 eiyalx Hello all
13:15 robotustra hi
14:15 MrCurious ITS A TRAP!
15:20 botustra looks ar
21:38 rue_more damnit
21:39 rue_more I got a component tester from china
21:39 rue_more it worked, I gave them good feedback, and now its dead
21:39 rue_more http://www.ebay.ca/itm/321387707987
21:39 rue_more it was fun for a while
21:57 Tom_itx give them more feedback
21:57 Tom_itx it lasted as long as it was supposed to... they got their feedback
22:00 rue_more yea
22:00 rue_more I'll try asking them for a copy of the firmware to put on one of my mega328's
22:00 rue_more I been digging, I THINK its http://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/248078
22:00 Tom_itx doubt that's gonna happen
22:01 rue_more it looks liek the exact same schematic
22:02 Tom_itx i told you someone made firmware for my Saleae logic analizer to turn it into a waveform generator?
22:02 rue_more your what?
22:03 Tom_itx https://www.saleae.com/
22:03 Tom_itx they got analog now too
22:03 Tom_itx sounds pretty cool
22:04 rue_more cool
22:04 Tom_itx i've got an 8 channel
22:04 Tom_itx no analog though
22:04 Tom_itx got it when i was making my programmers
22:04 rue_more huh
22:05 Tom_itx part of the cost of doing business thing
22:05 rue_more I'm all pissed off and upset that for no apparent reason this thing died
22:05 rue_more I wanted to play with it a lot more
22:05 rue_more it was $14!
22:05 Tom_itx bad solder?
22:05 Tom_itx inferior components?
22:06 rue_more its all fine, the screenpowers up and it does the same thing with the microcontroller pulled out
22:07 Tom_itx i've got a capacator testor
22:07 Tom_itx no inductance
22:07 Tom_itx not unless the meter i never use does it...
22:08 rue_more damnit I cant find a copy of the firmware that does inductance
22:09 Tom_itx that last one isn't loading here
22:12 rue_more http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/AVR-Transistortester
22:15 rue_more I wonder if the mega8 and the mega238 are firmware compatible
22:16 rue_more ARG!
22:18 rue_more ARG that was my damned toy for tonight!
22:18 rue_more and I forgot to take out the garbage today
22:18 rue_more which means I have to have a freaking full can of garbage in the hosue for a week