EEtwidget Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yesterday we invited Irvine Valley College Robotics Team to present their 'Rescue Robot' IVC Robotics won 1st place last weekend @ a University level Robotics competition. The robot is an first responder bot that can automatically search for a victim (simulated by an orange bucket) and report back the victims location. This is is the 2nd year the robot program has been in existence and it gets better each go! In in about a month the team will compete in simulated rescue competition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Today was fun. I set up a 3D scanner. It's a cool unit. Runs about $800. Good resolution for the price. I wanted to scan something interesting so I ran across campus and grabbed a platypus skull from my wife's lab. It turned out really cool. Imports easily into SolidWorks. ill scan some tool related stuff soon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Dope scanner bro. That skull looks awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Bought this hand carved elephant from the San Diego Zoo. Supposedly carved in Africa. Im going to try and 3D Print it, not for profit. Only Science. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Wow amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 My wife is out of town... so I turned our kitchen into a drone garage. My swarm is growing. Soon I will take over the world! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 15 minutes ago, EEtwidget said: My wife is out of town... so I turned our kitchen into a drone garage. My swarm is growing. Soon I will take over the world! I like the way you think brother! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I final got around to testing my biggest quadcopter. This thing is a beast, about 3 times bigger then the DJI Phantom and 10 times more dangerous. This was just a quick test in the backyard to make sure it would hover. I took it to the park and flew a bit but light was fading quickly. Still a lot more tuning to do before its ready to start 3D Mapping but that's the goal. Forgive my messy backyard. Dogs, gophers, and drought destroyed our last two attempts at growing grass. Artificial grass is in our future Also, I don't advise testing UAV's barefoot; my wife's still out of town so I don't feel the need to shower. Normally I have more trees and the fence topper extended further... till the city started cutting trees down. Smashed up the topper and that metal plant rack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryS Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 That is really neat!! Even sounds like it has alot of power. Are the neighbors wondering what that strange noise is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I'm lucky, I have awesome neighbors. Mostly all Veterans and tradesmen. I live on the end of a cul-de-sac, backyard surrounded by trees/hillside and a daycare. Our little piece of heaven. Wish we had more land but its not bad for California. The neighborhood kids love to troll around near my garage when I'm building. I had to keep my dogs in the house though, they attack my drones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 I don't know if I ever posted this project. It's a DJI phantom quadcopter turned into a flying Jellyfish. I built it for a friend (the half naked hippy in the pic) he took it to Burningmam Africa. It looks really good in person. RGB LEDs and fiber optics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Although this isn't a robot, I decided to post anyway ? Last weekend I put in an 18-hour day building exhibits for an escaperoom. I'm waiting on final payment and pictures. This is an old 8-track I hacked. Still more work to do but it's got some pretty lights and the 8-track plays MP3 files. ? When the 'player' puts an 8-track into the slot, it trips a limit switch that triggers an audio file stored in a microSD. The room includes hidden trapdoors and even a chess game that when you get checkmate, a hidden door opens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 We received more robot goodness. Amongst the lot, this PLC controls lab. It teaches control theory, HMI, PLC, and much more. first thing I did was load xBox games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted July 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Damn-it! Want to know how to look stupid? Just try flying a giant quadcopter. Nothing damaged other then my ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 16 minutes ago, EEtwidget said: Damn-it! Want to know how to look stupid? Just try flying a giant quadcopter. Nothing damaged other then my ego. Thank God it is okay! Man that thing is loud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Turns out I broke some props & a motor mount ? I have a set of carbon fiber props to throw on, flying spinning death props. Im going to wait till after the 4th to mess with it though. I don't want a repeat of last year where I nearly cut off my noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Got a few more toys in today. Badass bench-top CNC & a mobile robotic arm. The shipping cases the robot came in are pretty cool. Even have locks built in. this thing is heavy! Lidar and a 3D vision sensor. The white this is a really quite air compressor. Whisper quite. i have a 4th axis for this guy too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I recently demonstrated one of our robots to a group of high school students. The first thing they did was teach Baxter to dance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 A little demo to teach quadcopter stuff. PWM signals for ESC. No big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Having a little fun on Halloween 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Testing the high speed camera. Honestly I got the shot on the first take, but I didn't tell the student. It was too much fun watching him smack himself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 3 hours ago, EEtwidget said: Testing the high speed camera. Honestly I got the shot on the first take, but I didn't tell the student. It was too much fun watching him smack himself Aahhaha too funny!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I kinda built a drone. I designed the plastic body. 3d printed it then installed the hardware (motherboard, motors, etc.) 4 prints later it flys. Except the motherboard likes to not stay flat. It needs a tweak I think. @EEtwidget did that ridgid box come with the power outlets or did you install them yourself. I wonder how much power you would get if you powered it with that monster energy I saw on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEtwidget Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 The Ridge was a custom build. It's a solar generator. Inside is a deep cycle battery, solar charger controller, inverter, led light strips, and a few other goodies. I use it for camping and anytime on site w/o power. The monster is for me... and I drink entirely too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 the battery might overload and explode if you gave it monster haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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