#robotics Logs

Oct 16 2018

12:21 AM mrdata--: what
12:25 AM mrdata--: i have lasting fondness for punch cards
12:25 AM mrdata--: except when i drop the deck as i am loading them into th reader
12:25 AM mrdata--: you thought 52-pickup was a chore
12:25 AM mrdata--: but my father taught me a trick: draw a diagonal across the edge of the deck, so you can sort them if you screw up
12:29 AM sensille: punch tape code is the future
10:20 AM LuminaxWk is now known as Luminax
07:07 PM SpeedEvil is now known as Guest30245
07:11 PM BitEvil is now known as SpeedEvil
07:57 PM robotustra: O M G
07:59 PM robotustra: (opto) (motor) (gyro)
08:46 PM z64555: boop?
08:47 PM z64555: oh it defaulted to muted
08:47 PM robotustra: hm, just wanted to watch youtube - it's broken
08:47 PM robotustra: error 500
08:47 PM robotustra: don't want to load videos
08:47 PM z64555: hopefully me trying to get Quassel working is not related
08:47 PM robotustra: what is it?
08:48 PM z64555: z64555_ is my quassel instance, it got set to mode -Ri
08:49 PM z64555: it didn't ask for nickserv credentials, so that may be part of it
08:53 PM robotustra: I guess it's not related
08:53 PM robotustra: all other iner seems working
09:07 PM z64555_: test
09:07 PM z64555_: There we go
09:07 PM z64555_: Just had to tell nickserv who I was
09:07 PM robotustra: and who were you?
09:08 PM z64555: long-time lurker/imposter of an engineer
09:08 PM z64555_: I chip in every now and then to make sure rue hasn't gone too insane yet
09:10 PM robotustra: I think this robot is for DNA sequencing https://vimeo.com/220434536
09:11 PM z64555_: now if I can just configure the text so it wont be at 10pt font...
09:11 PM z64555_: or is that 8pt
09:13 PM z64555_: yep, its 8pt
09:14 PM zhanx: ok off question
09:14 PM zhanx: robot arm
09:14 PM zhanx: base on a rod to move it up and down
09:17 PM z64555_: looks like it may be the same mechanism for a linear actuator, which is a double-helix screw
09:17 PM z64555_: okay, noo. That is wayyy faster than what a linear actuator can do
09:18 PM z64555_ is now known as z64555
10:27 PM rue_shop3: a linear actuator can use a belt ya know