#robotics Logs

Mar 09 2015

00:11 rue_house http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap2/slide.htm
00:13 rue_house Tom_itx, Triffid_Hunter ^^ my new i2
03:20 mrdata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7qotLnQUeo
04:38 deshipu mrdata: I don't know, it looks ridiculously ineffective
04:47 mrdata deshipu, just a prototype
04:47 mrdata and they should test it on some permafrost
04:48 deshipu with 1/8th of our gravity
04:50 mrdata eventually, sure
04:50 mrdata for near-term, reducing size of the test apparatus will help
04:52 mrdata at 1/2 scale, it will be 1/8 the weight
04:53 mrdata but i think they will find, that digging permafrost will be trouble
04:54 mrdata as will be working in a cold, dark hole
04:54 mrdata will the thing be nuclear powered?
04:54 mrdata they wont have sunlight to rely on
04:59 deshipu also, I love how they are talking about "resources"
04:59 deshipu like in a computer game
05:00 mrdata he's right, though
05:00 mrdata regolith is oxidized mineral dust; you can make building materials with that, extract oxygen, lots of things
05:00 deshipu you have to transport it to the right place first, and I think this is a harder problem than digging
05:01 mrdata it is high in iron, titanium, and other minerals to make robots bones good and strong
05:02 mrdata they will haul it straight to the foundry
05:02 deshipu in that funny thing?
05:02 mrdata the water will be electrolyzed to yield hydrogen which will reduce the dust when heated
05:02 mrdata and recycled
05:03 mrdata that funny thing doesnt have much cargo space, for sure
05:03 deshipu also, you don't really get to choose when to start storing what you dig out
05:03 mrdata but his demo was to show that the force loads balance
05:03 mrdata thats all
05:07 deshipu yeah, they are far in the boonies still
16:10 beanbag http://www.bgmicro.com/mini-pump-air-gas.aspx
16:10 beanbag http://www.bgmicro.com/mini-pump-or-vacuum-12v-operation.aspx
18:02 deshipu this is what DRM does: http://www.newsweek.com/japans-robot-dogs-get-funerals-sony-looks-away-312192
19:06 theBear that is exactly the kind of ridiculous repair i specialise in these days :)