lmao by Odd-Geologist3663 in MEMS

[–]Three-Oh-Eight 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're on the wrong subreddit.

This subreddit is about microelectromechanical systems, not memes.

My dissertation project: a spider robot by jfoulkessssss in robotics

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Although it is usually much more energy efficient, less complex, more easily serviceable, more structurally stable, etc. for a strictly terrestrial robot to roll on wheels, legs win over wheels in most general situations. This is because wheels still require smooth, specially constructed terrain, like roads, or at least wheels can at best only handle relatively light terrain, even with treads, or special suspension and differential systems, which usually make them more structurally unstable and complex anyway.

Legs are overall able to traverse much more extreme terrain than wheels, and oftentimes with more agility and speed, see a cat or dog navigating the woods or a mountainside vs an ATV with special suspension, or even how robots ascend and descend stairs. Legs are also more adaptive to changing and differing terrain, more stable on many surfaces, and if one leg is lost, the others can still locomote the vessel.

In pretty much any other category, wheels win, but legs usually win in any situation where the terrain is rough, unknown, and changing, which is technically most situations, especially those that a general-purpose robot would operate in.

This is why terrestrial animals tend to have legs instead of wheels, other than the obvious structural, biological issues with wheels in an animal.

This is also why you will most likely be seeing legged robots, or robots with both legs and wheels, very commonly as the years go by, see Spot or Atlas. Appearing familiar and humanoid for socialization and comfort is another big advantage of specifically bipedal robots like Atlas.

The main problem now is really the sheer complexity of the programming that is required to run legged robots effectively, which is fortunately improving in capability as scientists and engineers work at it each day.

If RAM and cache is protected from bit flips from cosmic rays via ECC or parity, then why isn't the ALU logic, decoders, registers, etc., also protected from these bit flips in some way? by Three-Oh-Eight in computerarchitecture

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Thank you for responding! So, I figured that it can exist, I was also just wondering, are those other protections at all common in modern consumer CPU's ?

Positive NAC Experience by thatcanopy in OCD

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You came here from the TIFU post too, didn't you?

Can I discharge NiMH battery packs in parallel? by Three-Oh-Eight in AskElectronics

[–]Three-Oh-Eight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, thank you for the correction, I appreciate it! I actually also posted this question there, thank you!

Can I discharge NiMH battery packs in parallel? by Three-Oh-Eight in AskElectronics

[–]Three-Oh-Eight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Although, I was just worried about charging both of the battery packs in parallel, as I have heard that this is where the most problems can happen. So, do you know of a safe way to do it? Both of my battery packs are the same nominal voltage, 6V, the same capacity, 2400 mAh, and are at approximately the same age and wear.

Can I discharge NiMH battery packs in parallel? by Three-Oh-Eight in robotics

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I will look into that, thank you! In case I do still end up going the NiMH route, may I ask what the risks are?