Monday, April 27, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Hello from Home
Hello from home! With the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in Louisiana, you might think lots of "roboting" is going on - but this priest-roboticist has been making Facebook/YouTube videos, making memes, and leading Zoom Virtual Worship, and meetings to keep my congregation connected and praying. So here is a just a little image to say hello. Maybe some roboting soon.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Monday, April 20, 2020
Package from Rocklin!
Nothing like a package from Rocklin to brighten a lengthy stay at home! It’s Monday, but I’m saving it for my birthday this week...
I’m
gripped in suspense to open it up!
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday
The Parallax S3 leads the Palm Sunday procession and plays "All Glory, Laud, and Honor!" Programmed using BlocklyProp - Code is here - http://blockly.parallax.com/blockly/my/projects.jsp#35904
Note: This was originally posted on March 24, 2018.
Note: This was originally posted on March 24, 2018.
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Printed Flexure Gripper
Here is a really nice 3D printed flexure gripper by Amy shared at her YouTube Channel - Amy Makes Stuff. Hat-tip to my friend Eric, erco, for sharing this on the Parallax Forums.
Friday, April 3, 2020
S3 Gripper Hack
Eric says on the Parallax Forums in a post titled "Poor Man's One-Servo Gripper Arm" - My first guilty pleasure project of the shutdown...
Ken CNC'ed a gorgeous gripper like this a while back, asking who'd be interested.
I commented at the time that it was beautiful but not unlike these $4 eBay grippers:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183429399842
I've had a pile of these forever and finally had an hour to slam something together today. VERY rough, but you can probably see the potential. It's all just foam taped to an S3 and [the] first test [was] mindlessly oscillated by a servo tester. Why is it at the back, you ask? Because of the tailwheel, it would tip forward at the front.
Hopefully I get more time to play with this soon, but that's all for today.
Well - erco got more time. The proof is in the video!
WOW! Great project Eric! Can the Tower of Hanoi be far behind?
UPDATE: Moments later was this...
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Mini Dog Inverse Kinematics
James Bruton, YouTube robotics' guru, walks us the process of how to calculate and code the Inverse Kinematic model for his open-source Mini Dog. His presentations are always concise, but thorough, and incredibly interesting. Watch the whole series. Very inspiring!
