Monthly Archives: January 2013

Moon Mission 2

Posted on January 6, 2013 by engineerzero

A company called Golden Spike is planning to offer manned missions to the Moon by the end of this decade. Here is their graphic: Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Here is a video essay … Continue reading →

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More surgery on a servo

Posted on January 5, 2013 by engineerzero

No, it didn’t crash. I had to disassemble mini grisbot in order to perform surgery on the right servo, whose centering had drifted so much that the wheel could not turn forward. To keep the potentiometer shaft from twisting (thereby … Continue reading →

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Mini Grisbot in action

Posted on January 4, 2013 by engineerzero

Preliminary test of my robot.

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Mini grisbot test status

Posted on January 2, 2013 by engineerzero

I have completed screen-to-photocell calibration and control code transfer. Mini grisbot passes both with flying (or at least hopping and skipping) colors. The remaining test phase is to calibrate the servo timings to execute the path as shown on the … Continue reading →

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2013: Year of the Raspberry Robot

Posted on January 1, 2013 by engineerzero

My interest in the Raspberry Pi concerns its use as robot brains. I made the above chart to help me better understand where the Raspberry Robotics development process is heading. I’ll need an IDE on my laptop/desktop which can transfer … Continue reading →

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