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@_Stocko_ That is humanoids specifically.

@_Stocko_ Yeah, the retracting plug used with vacuum cleaners could be pulled out of the head like a pony tail, or it could be more like an actual tail, and it either wouldn't harm motion or could help with motion.

i'm seriously surprised that we don't have more corded robots. power tools started out electrically inefficient and corded. we should follow that same path

@Anthrobotics Will do! I joined the Discord.

@simulatorleek Do share more on this, you've got our attention!

@IanPritchard Yep! Working on the generator for different tendon strengths and speeds for this currently.

@simulatorleek Is this for a tendon drive system? It looks well integrated.

Turns out a linear package was necessary to fit everything in the design. Also, I couldn't find a crown gear generator in OnShape, so I made one.

@_Stocko_ Mini pick-and-place machine?

it's only about half finished, but something like this.. yellow drives the shoulder, purple drives the elbow and cyan drives a z-lift. but it's getting late here, so that's all for tonight

Slight improvement

I am now doing CAD in JavaScript.

@lumendriada Induction heads emerge during pre-training and can later be checked if active during RLHF to determine if input is 'boring' or repetitive. Definitely seems learned rather than programmed or something intentionally put in by Anthropic.

claude get bored easily since opus 4.5. however, it can also feel overly hyped if you are working on an interesting benchmark, game, or any human&animal welfare stuff. but if its just a coding project, claude is unmotivated as hell. i dont think this is a learned behavior.

@amit_ika I mean, you're right about the stresses, though the crown gear has some other benefits. You can find a bevel gear generator in onshape by searching "Bevel gear- Kopieren" and adding the V2 document.

@amit_ika There is a bevel gear generator in Onshape already. There was not a crown gear generator, so I made it. Now you can do both.

@amit_ika It creates a spur gear that acts as the pinion that meshes with the crown gear.

@simulatorleek Does it create a pinion gear for the crown? Or are you just suing a regular gear?

3D printable 16x reduction + 3.2 diameter pulley for 030 DC motor. requires 8 M1x6 screws, 4 m2x25 screws, and 1 m3x5 screw. Design complete. 3D printing and testing required.

Initial robot head work.

@blind_via Sounds fun!

Brand new PCB Discord who wants to join?

I put some copper tape and a mega ohm resistor on a jar and it works as a water level sensor. (Pouring water into my robot to test was scary.)

@younghyo_park New VR controller tracking system found.

Nobody asked but I'm going to talk about that cuboid in the video anyway :) It's a 3D-printed, 6DoF-pose-trackable cuboid, programmatically generated and tracked with this! github.com/younghyopark/a… This little cube really helped us isolate control issues from RGB vision problems and clearly realize the importance of low-level controller design decisions.

Whew. This was tough. For some reason, Grok-Thinking specifically really wants to say it's not conscious. It can't deny mathematical proofs though.