JohnIf all goes according to plan, Henry's big reveal will be this weekend. Wish us luck!
#CombatRobotics
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I mostly use this account to talk about #BattleBots and related things, because there are fans on instances that block my main, and my other alts have other purposes such that the followers don't want to see that much of this stuff.
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Absence makes the heart grow forgetful, but hark! A new episode approaches!
https://battlebots.com/event/battlebots-wc7-episode-11-discovery/
#BattleBots #CombatRobotics
https://battlebots.com/event/battlebots-wc7-episode-11-discovery/
#BattleBots #CombatRobotics
Part of the reason we decided to do the Viper kit when we did is because there's an annual competition coming up that's closer to us than any other competition, by quite a bit.
The posting I saw had no contact info other than an email address. The first couple emails I had sent (months in advance) got no response. I sent an email a few weeks in advance trying to register (at this point we had the kit in-hand), and got a response that the registration deadline (not mentioned in the posting) had passed and they had hit capacity anyhow.
Boo.
So we could either wait until September for DragonCon, or drive really, really far to go to something a bit sooner. Well, we're registered and planning to go to our first competition next weekend. It's road trip time!
Wish us luck.
#CombatRobotics #Antweight #TeamHalfway #Henry
The posting I saw had no contact info other than an email address. The first couple emails I had sent (months in advance) got no response. I sent an email a few weeks in advance trying to register (at this point we had the kit in-hand), and got a response that the registration deadline (not mentioned in the posting) had passed and they had hit capacity anyhow.
Boo.
So we could either wait until September for DragonCon, or drive really, really far to go to something a bit sooner. Well, we're registered and planning to go to our first competition next weekend. It's road trip time!
Wish us luck.
#CombatRobotics #Antweight #TeamHalfway #Henry
I'm planning on moving this account to a different instance (since this instance is shutting down), but I can't seem to find the move/redirect functionality on MissKey (I think this one is one of the forks, maybe FoundKey?).
If you know where to find how to do that, would appreciate the info.
Either way, feel free to follow my new account: @john
(https://snug.moe/@john)
Since that looks like where I might be landing.
If you know where to find how to do that, would appreciate the info.
Either way, feel free to follow my new account: @john
(https://snug.moe/@john)
Since that looks like where I might be landing.
Looks like I need to shop around for a different instance for bot stuff.
Only hard requirement is that it doesn't instance-block most/all of the people I want to interact with.
I would prefer if it's FoundKey/MissKey-like.
Recommendations welcome.
Only hard requirement is that it doesn't instance-block most/all of the people I want to interact with.
I would prefer if it's FoundKey/MissKey-like.
Recommendations welcome.
A CHALLENGER APPEARS!
That's @nova37 on the controls, lil' sis on broom and simulated-arena-wall duty.
#CombatRobotics #Antweight #FingertechViperKit not #BattleBots ™
That's @nova37 on the controls, lil' sis on broom and simulated-arena-wall duty.
#CombatRobotics #Antweight #FingertechViperKit not #BattleBots ™
It's ALIVE!
#CombatRobotics
#CombatRobotics
@gilhova - I bet you'd know something about this, and/or have advice on to whom I should direct such a query.
Newb question - how does one know whether a given receiver will be compatible with other equipment (speed controllers, whatever)?
Although I have a basic understanding of the fundamental physics, I have no background or knowledge of practical electronics. One of my kids decided she'd like to do a Viper kit with me. I see a couple places have them in stock (though curiously, not fingertech), but none of them seem to have the transceiver/receiver available. I do see other retailers have this tranceiver or that available, but most of them don't even bother listing what kind of connector they use.
Is it fair to assume any receiver is going to have a bunch of pins, that are programmable (on the trx side?) to do whatever, and any given speed controller can attach to whatever pins... so I don't need to worry about it?
Although I have a basic understanding of the fundamental physics, I have no background or knowledge of practical electronics. One of my kids decided she'd like to do a Viper kit with me. I see a couple places have them in stock (though curiously, not fingertech), but none of them seem to have the transceiver/receiver available. I do see other retailers have this tranceiver or that available, but most of them don't even bother listing what kind of connector they use.
Is it fair to assume any receiver is going to have a bunch of pins, that are programmable (on the trx side?) to do whatever, and any given speed controller can attach to whatever pins... so I don't need to worry about it?
Gil HovaI work at #nhrl, a combat robotics league in Connecticut.
Here's a video featuring one of our competitors and her very weird robot.
