#robotics Logs

Apr 16 2018

04:26 AM Jak_o_Shadows: Real time?
04:29 AM Jak_o_Shadows: Where does the real time requirement come from?
04:29 AM Jak_o_Shadows: Apart from the obvious torque & position control loops?
06:32 AM LuminaxWk is now known as Luminax
07:30 PM rue_mohr: its a 12' robot that your operating from about 30 feet away
07:30 PM rue_mohr: its force feedback realtime
07:30 PM rue_mohr: its BALANCE depends on YOU
08:11 PM Tom_L: primed the well but had to flush it out first
08:12 PM Tom_L: figured out the AC problem on the car
10:07 PM rue_shop3: well?
10:08 PM zhanx: bad o-rings or electrical?
10:16 PM Tom_L: neither
10:17 PM Tom_L: the silly screw backed out of the clutch and the clutch plate is gone
10:17 PM zhanx: well that is odd
10:17 PM zhanx: and something I have never seen before
10:17 PM Tom_L: me either
10:18 PM rue_shop3: the whole clutch plate is gone?
10:18 PM Tom_L: yes
10:18 PM rue_shop3: as someone whos tried to get one of those OFF... .wow
10:18 PM zhanx: they can be changed if you can find them
10:19 PM zhanx: rue_shop3: normally i change the whole pulled and do it like that
10:19 PM Tom_L: i couldn't find one today so i ordered a clutch online
10:19 PM Tom_L: about half what they want locally
10:19 PM zhanx: loctite it
10:19 PM zhanx: red
10:19 PM Tom_L: the original has the nylon on the threads
10:19 PM Tom_L: must have gotten too hot or something
10:19 PM Tom_L: no idea
10:20 PM zhanx: something
10:20 PM zhanx: the belt is fine tho?
10:20 PM Tom_L: the one on the other car was loose too
10:20 PM Tom_L: i've got 2 a year apart
10:20 PM rue_shop3: whos been doing your service?
10:20 PM Tom_L: who do you think?
10:20 PM zhanx: TOm
10:20 PM rue_shop3: nobdy else?
10:20 PM Tom_L: never would suspect that though
10:21 PM zhanx: pics if you can so i can look at it?
10:21 PM zhanx: I got a few years of working on these things if you remember
10:21 PM Tom_L: you'll have to wait, i put the plastic back in the wheelwell until it arrives
10:21 PM zhanx: k
10:21 PM Tom_L: i borrowed the one off the other car to test the compressor to be sure
10:21 PM Tom_L: it's fine
10:22 PM zhanx: I am wondering about the wires and... ok
10:22 PM zhanx: answered that then
10:22 PM Tom_L: the magnet works
10:22 PM Tom_L: etc
10:22 PM zhanx: yep you know where i was going
10:22 PM Tom_L: i'd gotten a harness to test the magnet but i didn't find the plate so i took it back
10:23 PM Tom_L: in a bad spot to put leads on the pins
10:23 PM zhanx: use paperclips
10:23 PM Tom_L: can barely see it where it's at
10:23 PM Tom_L: on the bottom of the engine
10:23 PM Tom_L: even from the bottom it's covered with plastic shrouds
10:23 PM zhanx: you stick the paperclips in the back of the plug and clip your leads to it
10:23 PM Tom_L: without taking them all off..
10:24 PM Tom_L: i know what you mean, i've done that before
10:24 PM zhanx: beats buying a kit for it
10:25 PM Tom_L: yeah but my back isn't what it use to be so it would have been worth it had i needed it
10:25 PM zhanx: I understand that
10:25 PM Tom_L: you of all should
10:26 PM zhanx: thinking of getting the surgery this fall
10:26 PM zhanx: both at the same time