In a recent post about delta robot phone testing I showed an image of one of our Delta robots made from laser cut acrylic. In that model the plastic parts still had their blue protective cover. Here it is with the blue peeled off.
Thanks for the tweet, Justin!
PS: We’re on Hackaday, again!
If you’ve read the previous posts about building a CNC machine that understands GCODE, you’ll know that we only went as far as to draw straight lines. In this article we’re going to look at how to draw arcs. (more…)
Imagine a live, 4k video version of Google Earth. The whole planet, all the time, live and to the minute. Speeding is now impossible, because traffic control is completely automated. Troop buildup and movement is monitored constantly, making surprise attacks very difficult to pull off. How does a major oil company control the story about their latest leak or explosion when everyone can watch the plumes spread as they happen? Even petty crimes become difficult.
Assuming (and it’s a big assumption) that the data isn’t being doctored. There’s no way to be certain anyone broadcasting data is telling the truth. If only we had a lot of individually controlled cameras all broadcasting a corroborating story. Oh, look! Project Tango. Hm.
Researchers at John Hopkin’s University has been building innovative robot teaching systems using new technology. Here they use an Occulus Rift system to train the robot in a virtual environment.
Visit http://cirl.lcsr.jhu.edu/ivre for more information.
Testing is essential. Testing is repetitive and boring, so humans are bad at it. Automated testing is the way to go. But what do you do when your app is on a phone or a tablet? Someone has to sit there and tap every button… until now. See video
