#robotics Logs

Oct 19 2015

00:50 voxadam Open source is ideal but I'm flexible.
02:33 Triffid_Hunter voxadam: I use openscad for that sort of thing, check my animated linear delta at http://triffid-hunter.no-ip.info/delta.scad
04:19 hypodyne howdy
09:14 rue_house how dyou too
18:10 adam789654123 hello robotics
18:42 duckinator hah, haven't been in here in ages, yet still so many of the same names.
18:43 orlock y0.
18:45 orlock i made something up in openscad
18:45 orlock then printed it
18:45 orlock total time taken.. 1 hour
18:46 orlock for a parametric jig for doing cabling to protoboard
18:51 adam789654123 hows it gonna work out you think?
20:07 Jak_o_Shadows Hey. So what do people thibk of http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0144-8001998/audio-tv-and-home-theatre/a-large-qty-of-assorted-av-equipment-north-adelaide
20:10 Jak_o_Shadows $121 for an (old) oscope and an (old) benchtop power supply. + a pattern generator, which I gather is a type of signal generator
20:11 adam789654123 no 2x4 and plywood bench for you? :/
20:11 adam789654123 haha
20:11 adam789654123 just missed
20:12 adam789654123 no 2x4 and plywood bench for you Jak_o_Shadows ? :/
20:12 adam789654123 ohhh.... nevermind
20:13 adam789654123 seems like a good price if its decent equipment
20:13 adam789654123 but im not actually sure of what is good or bad, so....
20:14 Jak_o_Shadows Yeah...
20:14 adam789654123 how long have you been "doing" electronics?
20:15 Jak_o_Shadows A while, not ever in enough depth
20:19 adam789654123 me too Jak_o_Shadows
20:19 adam789654123 not much at all really, but just walking around the edges
20:19 adam789654123 but im really interested
20:20 adam789654123 but i dont actually have like a bench with equipment and such
20:20 adam789654123 which seems sort of a minimum
20:20 adam789654123 a workspace and equipment
20:22 robotustra oh
20:22 robotustra hi
20:22 adam789654123 hey robotustra
20:22 adam789654123 hows the robot hand going?
20:23 adam789654123 or was it an arm?
20:23 robotustra hand is not going
20:23 adam789654123 or a head?
20:23 adam789654123 ohhhh
20:23 adam789654123 too bad
20:23 robotustra I work on platform now
20:23 robotustra wheels
20:23 adam789654123 maybe something like a powered wheelchair?
20:24 adam789654123 where the wheels can pivot like that?
20:24 robotustra after heaps, then bottom then torso, then shoulders, etc... arms
20:24 adam789654123 heaps? you mean hips?
20:24 robotustra tank mode
20:24 adam789654123 cool
20:24 robotustra yes hips
20:24 adam789654123 ok
20:25 robotustra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTTV3OHJAmU
20:25 robotustra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTTV3OHJAmU
20:25 adam789654123 im on the terminal
20:25 adam789654123 but i can save them
20:25 adam789654123 and check them out soon
20:26 adam789654123 im planning on finally installing a windowing system pretty soon
20:26 robotustra how have to cut the platform on 2 parts
20:26 adam789654123 i didnt install the windowing system yet
20:26 adam789654123 its linux, so....
20:26 adam789654123 i can run the system as stripped down as i want
20:26 adam789654123 :D