Robotics

[Raja.Pakistani]

Kohee scope ha humari country main artificial intelligence ka..mera dost rull rha ha phd kar k artificial intelligence mein woo b angreezoon k des se

 

[Sliver]

i build stuff with arduino at work. right now working on autmaitc sentry NERF gun with a webcam supported arduino
the web cam asks for users ID card, if not shown, it fires the nerf gun

has 2 servo motors for 2 axis motion (up down, left right)

I can share the code with you if you are interested.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

@SarthakGanguly Do you follow developments by DARPA?

I will be honest - never heard before

i build stuff with arduino at work. right now working on autmaitc sentry NERF gun with a webcam supported arduino
the web cam asks for users ID card, if not shown, it fires the nerf gun

has 2 servo motors for 2 axis motion (up down, left right)

I can share the code with you if you are interested.

Badass and Cool! Can you pls post a few pictures? This will get the beginners like me very interested You know like kids salivate when they see toy cars

I knew we had a number of geeks hiding out here

 

[Indischer]

I will be honest - never heard before

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
They're the ones involved in some really innovative and cutting edge research in Robotics, though with an intention to eventually find military applications to the tech developed.

 

[Skull and Bones]

@SarthakGanguly Do you follow developments by DARPA?

Boston Dynamics, you mean.

 

[Indischer]

Boston Dynamics, you mean.

Boston Dynamics does it's job on the basis of funding received from DARPA. It also funds other similar labs.

 

[Hermione]

I don't know much about Robotics, but I saw a few videos which I thought may be interesting.

Pranav Mistry's work in sixth sense technology

Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second | Video on TED.com

 

[Sliver]

I will be honest - never heard before


Badass and Cool! Can you pls post a few pictures? This will get the beginners like me very interested You know like kids salivate when they see toy cars

I knew we had a number of geeks hiding out here

Here is the arduino page

Arduino - HomePage

and here are come instructables for the arduino controlled nerf guns - there are tons of them

Arduino Nerf sentry gun build: wiring the trigger | MAKE

 

[Skull and Bones]

Boston Dynamics does it's job on the basis of funding received from DARPA. It also funds other similar labs.

Darla is interdisciplinary, they fund everything ranging from Semiconductor physics to Robotics.

 

[Indischer]

Darla is interdisciplinary, they fund everything ranging from Semiconductor physics to Robotics.

True that.

 

[kbd-raaf]

@SarthakGanguly What exactly is it that you're interested in?

I gotta warn you my work isn't exactly sexy. It deals with using Group theory, screw theory amongst others to reassemble robots, some of the work my team has done before is:

http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/~kmiller/NuwarWebPages-Zeike99/Web_Pages/Delta-Merlet.jpg

Dr Miller essentially used one of our systems of reassembly to optimise the workspace and therefore the morphology of the robot. To be honest, it was simply a rotation of the co planar actuators of the DELTA robot. What was achieved with this, is the fastest DELTA robot in the world as well as one of the most power/work efficient. The funniest part is, he did so before our paper had been published.

My current work has to do with coming up with a mathematical framework to optimise the morphology of any set of links, parallel or otherwise in order to achieve the best solution that overcomes singularities, as well as improves the overall work efficiency of the robot.

My work is a lot more theoretical than you are probably interested in. If you want to mess around with Arduino boards, there are plenty of forums and instructables online.

If you really want to get into the meaty, unsexy, uncool and nerdy part of robotics, (i.e research and not the peasant work *hehe*) I can help you with that. I can introduce you to the solid mechanics/state physics knowledge you'd need as well as, following that, the control systems knowledge etc.

The guys at DARPA, are the ones who understand the above, not the ones who fool about with actuators and Arduino boards Not hating <3 <3 Love to all.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

@SarthakGanguly What exactly is it that you're interested in?

I gotta warn you my work isn't exactly sexy. It deals with using Group theory, screw theory amongst others to reassemble robots, some of the work my team has done before is:

http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/~kmiller/NuwarWebPages-Zeike99/Web_Pages/Delta-Merlet.jpg

Dr Miller essentially used one of our systems of reassembly to optimise the workspace and therefore the morphology of the robot. To be honest, it was simply a rotation of the co planar actuators of the DELTA robot. What was achieved with this, is the fastest DELTA robot in the world as well as one of the most power/work efficient. The funniest part is, he did so before our paper had been published.

My current work has to do with coming up with a mathematical framework to optimise the morphology of any set of links, parallel or otherwise in order to achieve the best solution that overcomes singularities, as well as improves the overall work efficiency of the robot.

My work is a lot more theoretical than you are probably interested in. If you want to mess around with Arduino boards, there are plenty of forums and instructables online.

If you really want to get into the meaty, unsexy, uncool and nerdy part of robotics, (i.e research and not the peasant work *hehe*) I can help you with that. I can introduce you to the solid mechanics/state physics knowledge you'd need as well as, following that, the control systems knowledge etc.

The guys at DARPA, are the ones who understand the above, not the ones who fool about with actuators and Arduino boards Not hating <3 <3 Love to all.

True - but one needs to learn to crawl before walking
"not the ones who fool about with actuators and Arduino boards " -

 

[kbd-raaf]

True - but one needs to learn to crawl before walking
"not the ones who fool about with actuators and Arduino boards " -

Haha, there's nothing wrong with hobby work. A few years ago my mate and I made a remote controlled car and my windows open and close through my families smartphones by using a Raspberry Pi system. It's great fun.

It might get to the point where you're able to set up really cool systems for home automation and stuff like the nerf gun system that was mentioned earlier, but you won't ever be at the point where you'll be able to understand and work on things that DARPA does. You'll might however, even get a good grasp on control systems for mechanisms and so on.

However, say you want a job at DRDO in their robotics division, working on something awesome. A cool project you did with an automated nerf gun turret is not going to help you at the interview. However if you mention a paper you've written (unique work or otherwise) about the mathematics, engineering and physics behind robotics, they're likely to offer you a job there and then.

One should aim for the moon, because even if you fail, you will land among the stars

I'm more than willing to share my knowledge with you, but it's a hard slog, there are no quick fixes and no shortcuts. I'm a great proponent of robotics study and have spoken in high schools in Western Australia to promote its relevance in today's world.

 

[Sliver]

@kbd-raaf did you mean to talk about me when you said "not the one to fool with actuators and arduino boards"? Boy I diont know there was that much arrogance here.

 

[Sliver]

@SarthakGanguly i have a paid version of instructibles and I downloaded a copy of a simple arduino project for you. I can email it to you (it has step by step instructions) may be you can start off with that?

Arduino is a very good base to start off on robotics, actuators and controllers. In fact, arduino is just a "tool" that a person with a good insight can use to develop DARPA level stuff.

RoboTech Center » DARPA challenge

pretty strange that someone mentioned "The guys at DARPA, are the ones who understand the above, not the ones who fool about with actuators and Arduino boards" - DARPA looks at innovations in so many different areas (including developing low cost electronics) you will be surprised at the number of micro controller device - powered projects get endorsed by DARPA

check this link for an example of an arduino project

'DARPA' in Arduino Focus | Scoop.it