This is a Meathe geeks out post
Sorry for that.
I haven't done much to LEX over the past few days, but I thought I'd break out the camera and take a few snaps.
Fun geek bits:
All trig functions are calculated from transcendentals. I didn't use a lookup table for sine/cosine/tangent.
Everything is run from a 60mhz processors with 32kb of ram
Sonar is good up to 20 feet
Walking is still bad. He falls down lots. But we're working on that.
3D accelerometers will be installed for balance and tied in to a lot of of inverse kinematic calculations.
I'm still working on putting in lasers.
Camera and face recognition is in the 'to do' list. But the wiring for it is in place. Waiting...
Oh. Pictures.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 02:35 AM
The sky over the port was the color of television tuned to a dead channel.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 04:26 AM
Meathe you are a real life mad scientist. That is the coolest thing I have EVER seen in my life.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 06:15 AM
LEX is looking great!
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 12:20 PM
I told you Meathe was way smarter than me.,
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 05:05 PM
jeckles, on Aug 6 2007, 08:20 AM, said:
I told you Meathe was way smarter than me.,
Meathe is probably smarter than all kinds of people.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 05:05 PM
That is purty dang cool.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 07:31 PM
You would have to lock that bad boy in a closet overnight if I was there.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 08:44 PM
Why does he eat kittens?
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 09:02 PM
Robots scare the bejesus out of me. Robots and birds.
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 10:34 PM
what about robotic birds?
meathe, does Lex plan a Matrix-style extermination of the human race? or an Ellisonian "I have no mouth and I must scream"/Terminator-style one?
meathe, does Lex plan a Matrix-style extermination of the human race? or an Ellisonian "I have no mouth and I must scream"/Terminator-style one?
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 10:41 PM
WebKittyn, on Aug 6 2007, 05:02 PM, said:
Robots scare the bejesus out of me. Robots and birds.
Guess I'll have to return that robot bird I got you as an early Christmas gift
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Posted 06 August 2007 - 10:57 PM
Dave, on Aug 6 2007, 06:34 PM, said:
what about robotic birds?
meathe, does Lex plan a Matrix-style extermination of the human race? or an Ellisonian "I have no mouth and I must scream"/Terminator-style one?
meathe, does Lex plan a Matrix-style extermination of the human race? or an Ellisonian "I have no mouth and I must scream"/Terminator-style one?
I'm leaving that up to him. He does have more than a few phrases down pat, though...
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Law 1. A robot may not harm a human or, by inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
Law 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law
Law 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
Phased-plasma rifle in the forty watt range.
Please put down your wepon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Hasta la vista, baby.
Exterminate!
Mary had a little lamb. A little pork. A little ham.
Law 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law
Law 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
Phased-plasma rifle in the forty watt range.
Please put down your wepon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Hasta la vista, baby.
Exterminate!
Mary had a little lamb. A little pork. A little ham.
Incidentlly, any other suggestions are welcome. I'm sure I missed something.
The 'Mary had a little lamb' was inspired by Edison
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 03:04 AM
Will you're robot be able to disguise himself as random household objects and jump out and scare people?
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 03:28 AM
suggestions:
a little gonk sound from the gonk droid in Tatooine in Star Wars?
or
Klaatu barada nikto from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
a little gonk sound from the gonk droid in Tatooine in Star Wars?
or
Klaatu barada nikto from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 04:55 AM
How about Number five is alive!!!
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Posted 07 August 2007 - 01:30 PM
Dave, on Aug 6 2007, 11:28 PM, said:
Klaatu barada nikto from The Day the Earth Stood Still.
That absolutely has to go on.
A quick recording of the speech synthesis:
http://www.kalilynhosting.com/~layilor/eddy.mp3
The servo motors (6 in each leg) also make a slight whine sound when active, so he makes a similar 'background' noise to ED-209 as well...
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 05:19 AM
What does he transform into?
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 10:00 AM
A high tech ashtray that smokes your cigarette for you.
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Posted 08 August 2007 - 02:27 PM
Chad, on Aug 8 2007, 01:19 AM, said:
What does he transform into?
Credit card debt.
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Posted 07 March 2008 - 06:57 PM
Credit card debt?
You need to do it the NASA way and charge it to the taxpayers.
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Oh, sorry, it's not NASA, it's Canada.
"its nimble capabilities, should give astronauts a break from basic repair and maintenance tasks outside of the growing space station."
see? even astronauts just wanna sit back, get high and watch reruns of The Littles.
You need to do it the NASA way and charge it to the taxpayers.
'Dextre' (Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator)
Oh, sorry, it's not NASA, it's Canada.
"its nimble capabilities, should give astronauts a break from basic repair and maintenance tasks outside of the growing space station."
see? even astronauts just wanna sit back, get high and watch reruns of The Littles.
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