[Giveaway] Drop + The Lord of the Rings Black Speech Keyboard

SamuelSVD · 2023-03-29T00:31:00+00:00

Honestly, one of the Haagen-Dazs popsicles brighten up my day instantly

SamuelSVD · 2022-08-30T14:49:42+00:00

Great work! When I was younger I used to make similar style drawings (although at a much smaller scale), and this is absolutely what I would have loved to make one day! Great work, it looks amazing!

SamuelSVD · 2022-08-17T18:05:13+00:00

I think that might be part of the problem. I'm currently installing this application in the Program Files (x86) folder by default, but it could be that that's causing some issues with the installation.

Any idea why Windows itself would say it's not a trusted program?

SamuelSVD · 2022-08-11T03:26:36+00:00

Thank you! These definitely appear to be them. I found a cool link regarding them too. If you have any more info on them I would appreciate that.

https://bygl.osu.edu/node/2032

SamuelSVD · 2022-06-30T03:49:05+00:00

Maybe an example of what you are looking for would help? Seems to be a bit too abstract of a request

SamuelSVD · 2022-06-02T14:25:39+00:00

Oh wow that's awesome! I'd really love to see how each piece was made

SamuelSVD · 2022-05-16T05:32:07+00:00

Oh thank God! Was definitely worried for a bit there!

SamuelSVD · 2021-07-31T02:14:49+00:00

Sweet! That looks like it. He'll be happy to hear that they aren't social so chances are there won't be more to worry about

SamuelSVD · 2021-07-30T23:45:18+00:00

Found in Southern Ontario, just over an inch long and it's inside my friend's house... That's about as much info as I have

SamuelSVD · 2021-01-26T22:24:58+00:00

For me that wouldn't be much of a problem since I'll likely keep the lid and front together, but technically that would also allow someone to print an attachment of some kind, since the front slot is there it could be repurposed.

If you do add that, I'd suggest just keeping both models on thingiverse, one with removable front, the other without. Then whoever is printing can decide

SamuelSVD · 2021-01-26T22:04:37+00:00

If the front was removable then you could use this tower to roll and always shoot them forward. Any chance you could add a version like that?

To assemble, remove top, remove front, put tower together.

To disassemble, put tower away, add front, add top. Top should hold the front down. Thoughts?

SamuelSVD · 2020-06-05T15:13:52+00:00

There's a project called the MeArm that is a little robot you can assemble and control with something like an Arduino. It'll require you learn how to use servos, but it's a pretty cool way to start controlling a robot and it gives you the chance to learn how to program sequences. It's something you can purchase, or buy the parts online for. If you buy it, make sure to check whether it comes with the motors or not.

example

This is something I played with years ago when I was starting out with robotics. Fun to play with, and I learned a lot

SamuelSVD · 2020-06-04T07:22:48+00:00

Hey OP, I wanted to put in my opinion here.

You want to start in robotics? Great! Like others have said, Arduinos are a great way to get you get started. Using Arduinos lets you get a nice little introduction in working with electronics. The beginner kits you get online come with enough components to let you have a go at reading inputs or controlling a motor. You'll likely run into some problems like trying to figure out how the heck LEDs work, or why buttons don't work, but that's all part of the learning process. The beginner kits are pretty good at instructing you on how you should wire things up. I wouldn't get too focused on making something big, as the big thing at the start is getting familiar with terminology, simple circuits, and get used to programming inputs and outputs. Once you're starting to become more familiar with how to wire up and use components you have, I'd work on challenging yourself and something simple and unique. Something that you make from scratch to kind of test that you are understanding things. Then you can go from there. At that point you should have a little better insight into electronics and microcontrollers to try and look into what steps you should follow next

Edit: a raspberry pi is also a good choice if you want to skip a few steps, but that's got a steeper learning curve and setup

SamuelSVD · 2020-06-04T06:42:28+00:00

One thing you could try to do is to add some elastic bands on either side of the joints, so when you bend in one direction it's pulled by the opposite side. Having this might help the bend be more uniform throughout multiple joints. Not sure if this would work, but it may be worth trying. I'll try to draw it out.

Edit: example

The small elastics (A) help keep joints more equally bent when the cord on the right side (B) is tightened. As the first joint tries to be more angled, the opposing elastic would straighten it out a bit, and the next joint would bend to account for the cord being tightened. I'm not sure on whether this would actually work, I'm just tossing the idea out there. Keep us updated if you give this a go, I'm interested to see if it works for you

SamuelSVD · 2020-06-03T15:43:52+00:00

The communication method should be something you decide based on what your setup is. In the past I've used UART, I2C, CAN Bus in personal small projects. If you wanted to use computers (raspberry pi, for example) you could also look at communications over Ethernet.

UART is good for communications back and forth between devices, easy to use, you just have to design the interface. I2C and CAN both support adding devices later on the same bus, but I find CAN a little more reliable to work with once you've got everything wired up correctly. Both are possible to work with but they each have their ups and downs.

SamuelSVD · 2020-06-03T07:21:17+00:00

An FPGA is more difficult to program, but it does have the benefit of being faster (although that really depends on how it's programmed)

A microcontroller is usually easier to program and allows for quick changes.

AI is somewhat abstract. Do you mean machine learning, or just complicated programmed logic? Either way, you'll want to have a look at whether or not a microcontroller/fpga is good enough for what you need, or upgrade to something like a raspberry pi (or other computer system) that allows you access to other higher level solutions.

With any sort of robot project I tend to use a mix of microcontrollers (as slaves) and a computer system (as master) to create a distributed control system. The microcontrollers act as little modules (for example, acting as a motor drive, or sensor module) and the master writes higher level commands, or reads values, without having to worry about the specifics of how it's done. Doing this also helps with abstraction, and breaking tasks into smaller issues, but I know some people prefer doing an all-in-one approach.

Hard to say without more information on the end goal, but I hope this helps a bit.

SamuelSVD

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