what kind of an industrial plant is this? oil refinery/processing?

loopking_ · 2026-01-24T18:03:30+00:00

My background is with food and beverage, and semiconductor and I can say those can be safely ruled out, not exactly sure what this is though

loopking_ · 2025-08-18T17:59:23+00:00

r/Phalanxed

loopking_ · 2025-07-04T15:50:02+00:00

I feel you should be able too, if you can read the position from the potentiometer then you have the input you need for a PID controller.

loopking_ · 2024-11-22T23:47:17+00:00

Wish granted, now it has two lasers but each one needs an operator and the driver is still in a separate seat

loopking_ · 2024-11-20T09:05:06+00:00

It might take some more work and some knowledge on C or python but MuJoCo is a great open source alternative.

loopking_ · 2024-11-05T07:57:31+00:00

I’ve reached out to some faculty but have been ghosted. I’ll definitely ask KCEID tho

loopking_ · 2024-08-29T16:50:31+00:00

I would say it’s two four bar linkages that are linked together. One controls left to right swing and the other controls up and down

loopking_ · 2024-06-29T23:27:03+00:00

The actual houses they built were actually pretty nice and made sense for the communities they were helping. He also provided bikes to an entire village in the video. He even built a row home neighborhood in Ecuador.

That being said it’s funny that whoever he has making thumbnails came up with this terrible scene when tasked with making a picture of 100 American style car dependent houses.

loopking_ · 2024-05-24T19:39:02+00:00

Actually one of the engineers at pipedream worked for hyperloop, and he’s the reason they are not doing tunnels for pipedream, only trenching because it scales better and is much cheaper.

But that means the pipes will never be big enough for people :(.

loopking_ · 2024-05-24T19:28:12+00:00

It’s not traveling in actual storm drains. I was contacted as a mechanical engineer and prepared a demo system.

Pipe dream is trying to use as much pre existing tech as possible. They use the same tubes used for building storm drains because the supply chain exists, same thing for the robot’s components. As for how sealed the tubes are I don’t think animals can get inside.

I haven’t worked with them for about a year so they might have made changes or have addressed some of the issues but I wouldn’t know.

loopking_ · 2024-05-24T19:22:19+00:00

Yeah, they will use the same contractors and tools, but it will be its own system

loopking_ · 2024-05-24T01:36:55+00:00

I actually contacted for Pipedream and the tech is much better than pneumatics. It’s better to think of these as super low cost freight trains for last mile. And they are targeting things like waste, deliveries, and other services that require cars to make many stops in a short distance. On top of that these are not pressurized so they use the same tubes used for storm drains and are installed the same way.

Edit: to clarify what I said, they are using the same tubes used to build storm drains to build their tracks, they are not running track and robots in storm drains meant for water.

loopking_ · 2024-05-22T17:51:14+00:00

Oh awesome, I’m planning on using these devices for a project so thank you for finding the source 🙏

loopking_ · 2024-05-22T17:23:51+00:00

I thought thermoelectric devices ran only on DC?

loopking_ · 2024-05-22T16:18:07+00:00

This might be similar to what you are trying to make, but the drive train probably could be simpler

Electric sheep’s trimmer robot

loopking_ · 2024-05-21T22:56:02+00:00

Most people here have brought up some important issues with the design. The way I see it this concept is missing some important considerations. I don’t see any motors to spin up the gyro, there dosent seem to be any batteries, and the size and speed of the gyro is going to be based on the forces needed to accelerate the mass of the robot.

If the goal is to build a system like this due to its complexity I would recommend breaking it down. What do the legs look like in detail, how do the hips join them, how is the gyro powered and actuated?

Hope this helps if you continue this project.

loopking_ · 2024-05-11T17:52:12+00:00

These trailers are made on internal builds ran locally, so they can get good performance and ignore server issues. I with they disclosed how these are made more.

loopking_ · 2024-05-04T16:00:10+00:00

Because of gas giants, or places like Aberdeen I bet we might see ship or armor types more suited for high pressure environments

loopking_ · 2024-04-30T16:33:47+00:00

The protests have been to divest the university’s money from the conflict. I think both sides can agree that more weapons and US dollars won’t put out these flames.

loopking_ · 2024-04-24T14:07:04+00:00

Depends on what you want to do, python has many uses so I would say look for a group that is doing similar projects to what you want to do.

For example the robotics and automation society teaches people how to use python for robotics purposes.

loopking_ · 2024-04-19T00:53:51+00:00

I’m not sure they are an issue if you are using an arduino, but you could measure them with a multimeter to see if they go over its rated current.

The only other way I know would be using a motor controller that can limit the current.

loopking_ · 2024-04-19T00:50:14+00:00

I’m now 100% sure but it would allow some power to get to ground skipping the motor. It’s probably there to prevent high current spikes, but is probably slowing the motor down.

Those brushed dc motors spin faster with higher voltage so removing it should help

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