Alrighty, so I'm going to test out my compromise today, that is ditching a single master microcontroller for 13 smaller ones. Each microcontroller will operate 2 servos since the delay between alternating the signal between the two won't be all that noticeable. Since each location basically has 2 motions, rotate and bend I'll have the chip ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've been unable to find any information on how to program a PIC in C for parallel processing. So multiple processors are going to be needed. So I'll need to go back to my original plan of one master controller sending a single to a collection of smaller ones ( Read more... )

... why I went with one mega controller and a ton of smaller controllers ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have the schematic for the robot finalize. I had to go through about 4 revisions before I nailed all the little bugs and other problems. The next phase was a small scale test on a couple of pins to see if I could send a single and if the servos would move correctly. After confirming it worked on a small scale I'm ready to move to a ( Read more... )

So, I already started working on building the microcontroller system that will be controlling the robot, and I got to thinking. If I'm going to be using microservos like this ( Read more... )

So, I decided to build a humanoid robot. I've been mulling it over for a while and after seeing this video:

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I decided I wanted to build a humanoid robot capable of the same range of mobility as this one. Though I won't make mine nearly as creepy as this one. I love robots and seeing ones performing complex movements like this one make me want ( Read more... )

I dunno why but this TF2 tribute using one of the Terry Crews old spice commercials really made me laugh when I saw it.

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Do you watch American Dad? I swear to god the character that was the casting director looked just like you.


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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-09/anime-expo-offers-us$10000+for-anime-music-videos

Holy crap. GG AX, I can't compete with that.

I saw a very entertaining British movie called The Infidel last night on netflix. I had it in my instant queue for a while because it sounded interesting. The plot is an muslim man was cleaning out the house of his recently deceased mother. While packing some boxes he comes across some birth records of his family members and discovers that he ( Read more... )