September 2012

So, my friends at the local hackerspace have convinced me to have the parts for my deltas 3D printed rather than continuing to mod plastic spoons and hangers like some third world scavenger. What a novel concept! Now that I have moved and gotten somewhat settled in, I had some time this weekend to play around with SketchUp. I took my 2D plans that I made in illustrator and built them up in 3D. I was surprised how simple this was once I stopped over thinking it. I’m sure these aren’t perfect yet, but I wont know until I’m holding the outcome in my hands. For anyone who didn’t know these existed (like me until not too long ago) check out these relatively affordable 3D printers. They are completely amazing at what they do and have opened up a whole new realm of possibility for me: MAKERBOT

I finally got to play around with the code last night. I’ve been preparing to move for a job these past few weeks and haven’t gotten as much play time in as I’d like. Again my goal (for now) is to have the wiichuck control the movement of the robot and the color of the light (which will go on the effector end). First off… I am not nearly skilled enough to have written this code all by myself so I’d like give credit to the people who posted this project: Wiichuck Controlled Delta Robot. This was a huge help for me while prototyping. I also want to thank my friend Krux for writing the c RGB LED bit in the beginning of this video! I mashed these two elements together and voila! PROGRESS:   Also! I’m impressed with this guy’s resourcefulness. He managed to make an even less expensive and easier…