#robotics Logs

Oct 14 2018

12:42 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: well, the lights aren't working, even when i'm using hte original power plug
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: funny thing is, they are LED, so they should be working
12:45 AM zhanx: Jak_o_Ombroj, on?
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: christmas lights*
12:45 AM zhanx: oh fun
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: yeah.
12:45 AM zhanx: I am doing stick man for halloween
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: the positive side is that my motor driver, i2c PWM chip, and stm is working
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: the negative side is that I have to lay out the lights and figure it out
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: aha.
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: I would've needed to start ahlloween stuff at like, easter
12:45 AM zhanx: my 4 year old saw it on youtube
12:45 AM zhanx: so we are stick man family
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: good enough reason
12:45 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: much elecronics in it?
12:45 AM zhanx: no just some el wire and hot glue
12:47 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: cool
12:47 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: I picked up some EL wire (for cheap)_ the other year for similar reasons
12:50 AM zhanx: woo hooo compile finished
01:10 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: ?
03:21 AM VansFannel: Hi!
03:22 AM VansFannel: Any suggestion about this: http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/20695/how-do-i-control-the-robot-without-using-ros/? Thanks
03:35 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: So you want to do what?
03:36 AM Jak_o_Ombroj: I'm not sure Vans really understands IRC
04:58 AM rue_mohr: seraching for soemone to help hm with player and stage
08:27 AM LuminaxWk is now known as Luminax
08:48 AM VansFannel: Hi!
08:48 AM VansFannel: How do you control a robot in Gazebo without ROS? http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/20695/how-do-i-control-the-robot-without-using-ros/
11:50 AM peepsalot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQbKTJPsU4 really cool 3d wire bender, I've dreamt of making something like this for a while, might have to try this guy's design myself
11:54 AM peepsalot: although i would probably try using grbl or something that takes g-code, looks like he hard coded some patterns in the firmware instead
11:59 AM SpeedEvil: A wire unbender would be cool too
11:59 AM peepsalot: well, there is a straightening stage built into it
12:11 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
12:23 PM rue_bed: wire end stripper for me
12:23 PM rue_bed: push wire in, takes ~1cm of insulation off end