#robotics Logs

May 20 2020

12:55 AM Maya-sama is now known as Miyu
02:05 AM Miyu is now known as hackkitten
02:05 AM rue_bed: --
06:00 AM zhanx_ is now known as zhanx
02:57 PM Samian: [2020:05:19:07:23:22] <rue_mohr> and a large array of air jets <--I google "array jets" and can't find anything. Know where I can buy this?
02:57 PM Samian: googled "array of air jets"
02:57 PM Samian: I mean
06:23 PM rue_mohr: air nozzels
06:23 PM rue_mohr: you know, a pen, hooked up to an air line and a solinoid, with the pen and end cap removed
06:27 PM deshipu: it's spelled "solenoid", by the way
06:27 PM Tom_L: google doesn't care
06:28 PM rue_mohr: sure, you seem to know what I was talking about, thats good!
06:30 PM deshipu: I wanted to tell you, because it's like third time you write it this way
06:31 PM deshipu: Tom_L: google never cares
06:34 PM rue_mohr: I also type t e h a lot, my irc client autocorrects it
07:06 PM Archaeus6: are ultrasonic sensors or IR sensors better for general outdoor object detection?
07:06 PM rue_mohr: nothing is good
07:06 PM Tom_L: ir are affected by sunlight
07:06 PM Archaeus6: good point
07:06 PM rue_mohr: use everything and feed it thru a kalman filter
07:07 PM Archaeus6: never heard of that. I'll have to read up. Thanks.
07:07 PM rue_mohr: lots of training
07:07 PM Tom_L: not for the faint of heart
07:08 PM Archaeus6: I've had good results with small bots using the standard cheapy ultrasonics, but I'd like to move to a more high end outdoor lawn mower bot, so I want to do it well.
07:09 PM Tom_L: polaroid ultrasonic
07:09 PM Tom_L: 35' range
07:11 PM Archaeus6: nice, thanks
07:11 PM Tom_L: you need a big cap on the control board or it will reset the uC
07:12 PM Tom_L: like 1k uf
07:13 PM Archaeus6: that shouldn't be a problem