Cordova Labs

@cordovalabs
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A one man home based design and digital fabrication lab, that is trying to build a better world for human and robot kind.

I work on items related to Science Olympiad, #robotics, extreme environment #gardening, #python, #ESRI #GIS, and general #maker things.

Replacement for lost home(dot)social account

#3dprinting #lasercutting #cnc #scioly #robotunion #remotv

Cordova LabsJan 27

I just released my first new #Science #Olympiad design since early 2020. It's a set of parts to modify a #Parallax robot kit so it is better suited to compete in the 2026 #RobotTour event.

Hopefully, I will have time to finish up a few more designs this week.

https://www.printables.com/model/1571779-parallax-rhino-robot-tour-2026-science-olympiad

Parallax Rhino - Robot Tour (2026 Science Olympiad) by CordovaLabs | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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Cordova LabsJun 7, 2025
Well I guess it's time to reevaluate my hail netting setup. We got a spring hailer last night that basically wiped out almost 2 weeks of growth off the plants (and possibly killled a few). My guess is the netting was too high up to fully protect from wind driven hail coming in sideways.
Show threadCordova LabsMay 28, 2025
The first stormy night survived with only one Sungold tomato looking worse for wear. It was gusty (+40 mph) and rainy but almost no hail. So I will take the 4/10 of free rain water and keep punching out ASA clamps until I get the 14 I need to fully implement my plans. Tonight will be the real test.
Cordova LabsMay 28, 2025
With the rest of this week being filled with #severeweather I am hoping my freshly transplanted #communitygarden plots survive. I am trying to protect the Night Shade Forest (peppers and eggplants) with hoops and hail netting. Hopefully the temp PLA #3dprint clamps hold until the ASA ones are ready.
Cordova LabsApr 7, 2025

Man, where did March go?

It's April and I haven't started my seeds for my garden yet. Every year I have these grand plans, and budgeting season at work always kills it.

Luckily my #AeroGarden can get me from seeds to transplantable plants in about 4 weeks, so I won't lose too many growing days.

Cordova LabsFeb 22, 2025
Good luck to all the teams at the New Mexico State Science Olympiad Tournament. You have all put in many hours of work studying and/or building; and now you get a chance to test yourself against the best teams in the State. Best of luck again!
#scioly #NM #NMT
Show threadCordova LabsFeb 15, 2025
Here is a clip of it running. Not speed up, and a meter stick is in the foreground if you want to time it yourself. For spending 45 mins on it, including the programming, it's not a half bad Electric Vehicle.
Cordova LabsFeb 15, 2025

At Science Olympiad practice today, I got bored and built a test bed for the GoBulda servos. It is mostly made of stuff laying around the classroom.

The "Super Speed" servos are giving me about 1.33 m/s using 120mm diameter wheels on ~6v. I think with 7.2v I can get to 1.65 m/s.

#scioly

Cordova LabsFeb 12, 2025

Woot! Woot!

My high speed dual mode servos from goBilda will be here tomorrow. I am hoping this will help the Science Olympiad team get their Electric Vehicle working to a competitive level for State.

If not, I found some upgrades for their TT Motors that might help with their slow speed.

#SciOly

Cordova LabsFeb 8, 2025
I spent part of this week in #ESRI #Arcade training, and I have so many plans. I definitely need to read more on profiles as I am hitting some stumbling blocks with field calculator, and it's limited access to variables. Why can't I get $map or $layer? $datastore is super limiting for one off data.