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0 pointsr2_pilot2y ago0 comments

I have that exact problem right now. I've got a bespoke 16 pound robot chassis with Jetson Orin nano and a Teensy, and there's all kinds of sensors, and it's connected to the motor controller with wheels, a DepthAI camera that can identify individuals, and at the end of the day, it's just a bunch of loosely coupled components lol at least I'm almost done with the main integrations and can focus on the way the subcomponents interact.

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taneq2y ago

Oh no, soon you’ll have to actually make it so something fun or useful, which is a day job for a team of engineers and even then they usually make a hash of it.

I have a disassembled BigTrack, an esp23-cam board, and a bunch of motor controllers in a box. I’m planning to make it follow lines and do things when you show it QR flash cards. Same kinda thing but it takes up less room. :D

r2_pilotOP2y ago

I originally started this shortly after(before?) Google showed their multimodal Palm model or whatever; while I have some experience with ROS2 and will be doing most of the fun (it is for fun-- as it stands I've learned a lot about how to respect this level of equipment) I am planning to let AI test drive it at some point.

taneq2y ago

Oh, please don't take my comment as questioning your actual ability to do real world useful stuff with it! :) I just meant there's a definite inflection point where it goes from "whee I'm having fun building a robot" to "oh my god did this just become my day job" and from personal experience it's really easy to lose steam at this point. :P

What are your plans for this beefy rover?

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niemandhier2y ago

If it has the needed actuators: Teach it to sort and match socks, that's boring and somehow needs to be done all the time. My life would be better if I had a sock sorting robot.

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taneq2y ago

Oh no, soon you’ll have to actually make it so something fun or useful, which is a day job for a team of engineers and even then they usually make a hash of it.

r2_pilotOP2y ago

taneq2y ago

What are your plans for this beefy rover?

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niemandhier2y ago

If it has the needed actuators: Teach it to sort and match socks, that's boring and somehow needs to be done all the time. My life would be better if I had a sock sorting robot.

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