Working in a robotics lab

[dequinox]

Woohoo!!! I'm finally starting at Oregon State U and I will be working in a dynamic robotics laboratory. I'm to be an engineering support specialist... doing solidworks drawings, trying to solve some design issues, and did I mention working with ROBOTS??

I have an E-Grin already, and I can't wait to show you guys some of the motors they are using on this "hopping leg" they built. They are hollow-shaft brushless motors....I forget the manufacturer but will post a link soon...that are less than 2" wide. Supposedly they put out more than 40 Nm with a diameter (I approximate) of about 3.5" I think. Anyways I just had to post the exciting news. This is a good spot to be in for a junior Mech. Engr. student!

Here's a link to a paper on the chief project in the lab right now: http://mime.oregonstate.edu/research/drl/PDF%20Files/designandphilosophyofthebimascahighlydynamicbiped.pdf

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[flip_normal]

Congrats on your new post, glad to see someone working on replicating the action of tendons.

This is my favourite bit of robotics kit.
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Fully automated CF layup anyone? Mclaren F1s for everyone? Shouldn't be too long before the manufacture of anything is affordable, if the cost of a thing a reflection of the amount of labour required for it's production. I like robots because they can replace the need for humans to do labour and will force us to re-evaluate the social relations that currently exist in industry.

 

[MrKang]

Not too long and it will do this !! :lol:
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[dequinox]

Lol "Screw-ah-you danieru-san...beginna luck"

That high-speed robot is pretty frickin incredible...to think that it caught that cell phone on its edges is just baffling! One addendum to the "cost of objects," and that is cost is not only a reflection of the labor behind them...it's also a reflection of the value we place on the object. One must consider the supply/demand model. If a man spends a year polishing a turd no one will buy it. But if a robot makes an iPad in 30 minutes (somehow...) people will still poney up $500 or whatever to get one...even though the labor behind it has decreased so much. Robots taking jobs is another problem. Perhaps they will change the basic nature of our economies though...to a utopian state where we can focus on just bettering ourselves and our world instead of worrying about bills and the old 9-5 grind.

 

[flip_normal]

Lol "Screw-ah-you danieru-san...beginna luck"

That high-speed robot is pretty frickin incredible...to think that it caught that cell phone on its edges is just baffling! One addendum to the "cost of objects," and that is cost is not only a reflection of the labor behind them...it's also a reflection of the value we place on the object. One must consider the supply/demand model. If a man spends a year polishing a turd no one will buy it. But if a robot makes an iPad in 30 minutes (somehow...) people will still poney up $500 or whatever to get one...even though the labor behind it has decreased so much. Robots taking jobs is another problem. Perhaps they will change the basic nature of our economies though...to a utopian state where we can focus on just bettering ourselves and our world instead of worrying about bills and the old 9-5 grind.

Hmmm, ipad..........polished turd, very apt. :lol:

It is precisely the law of supply and demand which ensures that on average the value of a thing reflects the amount of socially necessary labour power required to make it. When demand outstrips supply commodities sell for greater than their value, when supply exceeds demand they sell for less than the value of the labour put into them. (ie. the labour power needed for all the inputs to the manufacturing process; not just that which is needed for assembly, but also for the raw materials, processing, shipping & etc.) If people just wanted ipads there would be no demand for all the clones now coming out, which cost less and have greater functionality and compete for market share with Apple’s offering.

Robots taking jobs is only a problem within the context of market economics and a servile and diffident attitude towards the demands of the few who really benefit from it.

There is no evidence that an ideal or utopian state is possible in this universe. If you can show any then I’m all ears. That’s not to say that radical change is not possible, desirable or necessary, quite the opposite.

 

[Kingfish]

Slightly similar:
New Iron Man suit is faster, stronger than predecessor

Combine that with the dexterity of the previous posts and you have T1 Terminator or perhaps RoboCop.

The Future is here: Now(); KF