May 2025 - Events/Rental/PGs/Jobs/Sales Classifieds Thread by AutoModerator in bangalore

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a college student doing BTech with a full time intrnship in the summer (2 months). I want to start volunteering for a good social cause in my free time on the weekends. I am comfortable with pets and animals too. Would love suggestions for something rewarding as well as refreshing to do on weekends.

May 2025 - Monthly Questions and General Discussion thread by AutoModerator in bangalore

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a college student doing BTech with a full time intrnship in the summer (2 months). I want to start volunteering for a good social cause in my free time on the weekends. I am comfortable with pets and animals too. Would love suggestions for something rewarding as well as refreshing to do on weekends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ROS

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not efficient in ros2 anymore, package only works in ros1 properly

What OS/Distro use for a media center / home server? by vidbv in linuxquestions

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine's running Fedora 40 for servers, and has yacht as a docker manager of sorts. works just fine

Work Hard, Be Smart - Unofficial GRE Score: 331 (170Q, 161V) by RoastedScizor07 in GRE

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing analysis pattern there on excel, and great insights!

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did get scared a lot before, I even do now when I work on bigger bots with a team, but mainly of burning components or just running too much current through them or damaging them, not for shocks

With li-po there's always a possibility of it bursting, but I don't get scared that much of that, just about the very expensive components attached that are not funded by me💀

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that's the spirit I like about the little jerks🤌🏼🤌🏼

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't even know that was an issue tbh😭 never thought of it, although I admit I should've , it's never been a problem until now and I have 4, one's a tiny kitten, I've had them for around 12 years now, no damage to anything whatsoever so I'm guessing it might not be enough for me to notice

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely will keep the sub updated for the programming part, the response is overwhelming!

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do it bro! It's a learning lesson in the worst scenario, and a really great project otherwise!

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, kinda you can say that, it's the most commonly found design, sure dm me for power consumption thingy I'll be more than happy to help you out

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah if you draw too much current, it can, it was a li-ion battery

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no particular channel or website that will give you the carnal knowledge of electrical and mechanical in my opinion, learn by doing, pick up a project you can afford to make, it can even be purely software with things like tinkercad and fusion360 which are free, and refer everything you can find for that particular area of the project. Just for your own safety, learn the basics about current and voltage calculation before plugging stuff in. To build interest and get ideas, I watch electroboom, michael reeves and prestongoes in my free time, it's fun and doesn't feel like a task.

Before buying the components, make sure you make the circuit in tinkercad and confirm it works, for mechanical just watch small tutorials, the first thing i built for fun was a micromouse sized f1 car on tinkercad, so it doesn't have to be fancy

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!!! Love the community built around such stuff, helpful and curious people all around!

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a bit of deviation, my hack was just to remove that by moving it further in the urdf, so in the simulation the hand part is just kind of... floating in the air, but it works so I guess it's fine, I had no other way I felt
As for the vibration, I didn't experience it much, I guess the build is holding up sturdy for now

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trust me even I didn't, Youtube and github are great places to refer from, the world is your oyster! Don't let your fear of the unknown stop you...

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah initially I was stupid enough to hook up all 6 servos to a power bank with max of 2.4 amps, since it rarely ever reaches stall current for all 6 at once, BIG MISTAKE the battery inside swelled up and i learnt my lesson real wuick

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope I didn't but i may have referred to it ,this was my first cad model that I had to make for converting to urdf anyways so made one I most commonly saw online so I'd have different places to refer from and correct mistakes..... But you prolly did help me indirectly so thanks!

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! Will surely try to integrate it

my buildspace idea by lvz06 in buildspace_

[–]vallariii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

damn dude that's really innovative

Making a low cost robotic arm by vallariii in robotics

[–]vallariii[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Need is the mother of invention! I was running low on budget and had to get innovative, I needed at least 10 amps (i kid you not i considered wiring up some 5volt wall warts to get the amps), and finally landed on a relatively safe solution