Robotics

Finally feeling a bit more human after getting out of hospital a week ago.

Going to spend the weekend playing with this new toy. Have a pretty big idea that I'll be working towards, and eventually develop on a larger more capable arm at the lab. 

But, pretty insane these things have become commoditised to such a degree that I can play at home - absolutely no idea how it works so should be fun.

Been testing this MyCobot robot arm. It has 6 degrees of freedom(!), a Python API, and runs on two ESP32s, so plenty of interfacing options.

But the calibration software doesn’t work (Mac issue?), and the docs are a mess.

Most importantly, it’s highly suicidal. It doesn't come with anything to secure it, so it just flings itself around. For now, I’m holding it down.

Next step: Design and 3D print a way to secure this thing before it takes me out.

made me think of this classic for some reason 🙃

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made me think of this classic for some reason 🙃
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61FaYVGVY_I