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The fundemental hurdle for "breaking into robotics"
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Robotboy86:
Besides the obvious basic knowledge required.. what does everyone believe the biggest hurdle is? I know for me its been structure.. very difficult to make a sturdy robotic base for walking and such.
What about you? Whats hardest?
airman00:
I feel structure also.
Aligning the wheels and making it level are such a pain!
The hardest is when something in your program does not work and after hours of of checking you realize you put an extra 1 somewhere....
>:(
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Making a Transformer, are we now?
lol jk :D
Robotboy86:
lol, I am still walking on a four-legged robot but the base has been a constant problem. I had a "running" base for about 4 days before the plastic cracked. I am now looking into building the rough shape out of foam, then fiberglassing over it for strength. I am hoping to build a base sturdy enough for some semi-long term development.. enough to make it walk properly, push objects, that kinda thing.
Oh well! I sure wish I had access to a 3d part making machine :)
airman00:
pretty cool,
i hope you document it , and please post videos and pictures.
one day i'll build a walking robot... one day... :D
Admin:
I think understanding microcontrollers was/is the hardest part for me . . . so many complicated thingies in them . . .
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