Author: Dan

Technically a brain in a jar.
News

Jigsolve: New pnp nozzle arrived

2016-09-22 Dan

The new nozzle arrived from RobotDigg. It’s two months late and never included the tracking number I asked for. Also I told them I wanted 150cm wire from the motor and I got 25. Also I told them my hose is 1/4″ ID. Did they include a male/male 1/4″ connector? No.

On the plus side the manufacturing of the part seems OK. @Aidan Leitch‘s soft nozzle seems to fit like a dream.

Every design problem trickles down from the nozzle. Tomorrow I hit the local hose & fitting supplier to get the missing adapter. Once nozzle tests pass, then i mount the camera above the nozzle and build a new z actuator. Then redesign the X carriage to hold the actuator. Then the Y axis. Then the cable management. With a little luck this thing will be working for the holidays.

These days… I find my patience is short and life moves WAY too slowly. I will pay for talented help. Marginally Clever is doing well and could be going so much faster.

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Energid’s Multi-robot collision avoidance demo

2016-09-21 Dan

In this demo video from Energid, their Actin software is dynamically controlling two robot arms to actively avoiding a human operator interfering with their personal space.

From the Reddit post, “The reflective target is not needed, but it’s a good way to introduce random motion and prove that collision avoidance is working in real-time. The software takes care of motion planning and dynamic collision avoidance.”

I would love to have this in Robot Overlord. The robot on the right is a UR10.  Does anyone know the model o the robot on the left?

News

Can a Makelangelo robot draw inverted colors?

2016-09-19 Dan

Kelly Key sent in this gorgeous 18″x18″ Makelangelo drawing done with inverted color – a silver Sharpie on black artist paper.

peruzzi-print-6-6-2016 by Kelly Key

Kelly says, “I have sent these around the world to friends. One is in Japan….This particular print I sent to the Church of Satan….I haven’t heard back…but I am sure it is hanging in somewhere.”

Thank you, Kelly! Everyone else, please keep for posting in the forums and sending in your awesome pictures. We love to share what you do!

Edit: The next version of Makelangelo software (v7.8.2) now has an option to set the paper and pen color. Preview your drawing as it is meant to be seen!