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[01:21:48] <rue_house> hahaha I'v got a seller on ali that is just always confused
[06:48:50] <SpeedEvil> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28070228
[06:48:56] <SpeedEvil> This paper presents a miniature wrist that can be integrated into needle-sized surgical instruments. The wrist consists of a nitinol tube with asymmetric cutouts that is actuated by a single tendon to provide high distal curvature. We derive and experimentally validate kinematic and static models for the wrist and describe several prototype wrists, illustrating the straightforward fabrication and scalability of the design. We experimentally
[06:48:56] <SpeedEvil> investigate fatigue life, the concept of tip-first bending, and practical use of the wrist with a concentric tube robot in an endonasal surgical scenario.
[12:53:10] <theBear> i love kinematics.... everything, the roar of the stage, the smoke and mirrors, the misdirection and slight of hand, the 5 minute call at the end of the interval
[12:55:10] <theBear> i once met john english at the after-party mere moments after he finished playing in a production of pirates of the pendance ! he looked GOOD in those hammer-pants and baggy pirate shirt costumery ! i later found out that the slightly green (you know, colour i can't see,) champagne they were passing round had a good whack of midori in it, for some reason
[12:56:20] <theBear> also, that's exactly what i was doing next door just before now, all that fatigue life, tip-first bending, practical use of the wrist etc etc.... i slipped a disc, but it was before all that ;-)
[18:17:28] <stanford_AI> I'm looking for the most badass linux/robotics programmer. To build an indoor drone with deep learning. Do you know a good one here?
[18:18:09] <orlock> stanford_AI: sure
[18:18:20] <stanford_AI> orlock, who?
[18:19:02] <orlock> stanford_AI: There's several?
[18:19:18] <orlock> Do you think you can outbid Facebook/Google/Amazon/MSFT/Apple? :)
[18:19:21] <stanford_AI> who's the greatest
[18:19:49] <stanford_AI> orlock, not in short-term money or beanbags
[18:19:53] <orlock> stanford_AI: Oh, he won't work for you. He thinks that the US Government will steal his designs for skynet
[18:20:13] <stanford_AI> orlock, I'm not even a US citizen
[18:20:17] <orlock> stanford_AI: but at least one channel regular is working over in China on SLAM drones
[18:20:27] <stanford_AI> yeah, I worked with him
[18:20:34] <stanford_AI> i think
[18:20:38] <stanford_AI> Triffid_Hunter,
[18:21:03] <stanford_AI> found him through here :P
[18:21:13] <stanford_AI> through this chat
[18:21:17] <orlock> yeah
[18:21:28] <stanford_AI> so, it actually works :)
[18:22:12] <stanford_AI> but I'm back to Stanford, doing more research, making actual SLAM on drones and indoor flight
[18:22:20] <orlock> There's been a few other's
[18:22:26] <stanford_AI> really? who?
[18:22:28] <orlock> but they are all other uni researchers as well
[18:22:39] <orlock> i forget names
[19:24:04] <orlock> fragilista: Sure the ydo
[19:24:22] <fragilista> orlock: just discovered this room
[19:24:35] <fragilista> wow
[19:56:48] <theBear> yeah, our amazingness often "WOW's" people <grin>
[20:04:31] <fragilista> i bet
[20:04:47] <fragilista> I'm really into the robot battle scene
[20:04:58] <fragilista> it'd be nice if people could reorganize robotic sports competitions
[20:07:22] <theBear> isn't organzing them the first time enough ? :)
[20:08:45] <fragilista> nah
[20:09:08] <fragilista> there was a golden opportunity to show what these robots could do while they were still shiny and silver
[20:09:21] <fragilista> but the time has passed now with many of these old robots rusting
[20:09:23] <fragilista> eeh
[20:09:44] <fragilista> pretty much the first occasion that people had to be introduced to robot competitions
[20:10:01] <fragilista> all that they saw was robotic rc cars with saws attached bashing into one another
[20:10:04] <fragilista> pretty lame
[20:10:17] <fragilista> it was just lame to be honest
[20:10:37] <fragilista> now people have just lost interest and essentially they've also lost interest in robotics in general
[20:10:54] <fragilista> the mainstream saw it for a while, saw how lame it was, and then grew over it
[20:11:00] <fragilista> :( theBear
[20:11:13] <theBear> yeah, i agree with the lame and just cars with saws bit
[20:11:22] <theBear> don't be sad, everyday is a chance for a new adventure !
[20:11:29] <fragilista> you're so upbeat
[20:11:39] <fragilista> what's with the cavalier attitude today
[20:11:54] <fragilista> :O
[20:12:30] <fragilista> tell me
[20:12:34] <fragilista> telllll meeee
[20:12:35] <fragilista> :)
[20:15:01] * fragilista wonders why theBear is so happy
[20:15:07] * fragilista wants to be happy
[20:15:10] <fragilista> :(
[20:16:31] <theBear> i been spending a lotta time a couple doors up at my neighbors <wink> also i been super-crippled for a few days and it was wearin me down, today i can almost stand up straight without crying, so that's nice.... in about 3 hours i going on my first proper date in maybe 15 years too <grin>
[20:16:51] <theBear> maybe with my neighbor :)
[20:16:58] <fragilista> I KNEW IT
[20:17:01] <fragilista> you met someone
[20:17:06] <fragilista> I can tell
[20:17:14] <fragilista> you just have that glow to your attitude
[20:17:17] <fragilista> congrats big guy
[20:17:19] <fragilista> :D
[20:17:34] <fragilista> so where's the date....? :)
[20:20:23] <theBear> nothin special, we goin to a bar that just finished a remodel, daytime so nice and quiet, they gots a restaurant and a nice beer garden and she wants to play the pool.... she don't want fancy things, and i expect nothing less from someone i get along with :)
[20:25:48] <fragilista> theBear: <3
[20:25:53] <fragilista> I hope it goes well
[20:26:23] <theBear> gotta run a couple quick errands.... i see joo later, mang :) i tell yer the secret to happiness, you gotta not be bothered by the stuff you see around you... i can even tell you that personally i manage this thru a long term approach involving serious amounts of alcahol of abuse, and amounts of drug abuse that can only be considered recreational for a large animal, and is considered lethal for any human, so ya know, find your own path <wink> at
[20:26:24] <theBear> least you know where the path gotta lead
[20:26:40] <theBear> cheers, don't worry, it will, it's kinda ya know, just a formality <grin>
[23:45:04] <rue_shop3> the 608 ball bearings have 0.3mm end play