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Robot Arms and 2D Coordinate Frames

June 14, 2018 by Elecia White in Engineering

When I whined about trigonometry not being useful in the real world, someone should have told me about robots.

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June 14, 2018 /Elecia White
robotics, ty, comics
Engineering
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

A Book About Applied Robotics

May 11, 2018 by Elecia White in Engineering

I’m hoping to borrow a book but I don’t remember the title or author, can you help me find it?

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May 11, 2018 /Elecia White
ty, robotics, probablistic robotics
Engineering
7 Comments
License: CC-A-NC-ND

Ty the Typing Robot

April 19, 2018 by Elecia White in News

This is the landing page for Ty the Typing Robot.

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April 19, 2018 /Elecia White
ty, index
News
1 Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

TyPEypt- A Robot That Types and Teaches

February 19, 2018 by Elecia White in Engineering

I entered a contest. Did I do the right thing?

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February 19, 2018 /Elecia White
ty, mearm, contest, robotics
Engineering
2 Comments
License: CC-A-NC-ND

Hand Waving and OpenCV

February 12, 2018 by Elecia White in Engineering

Computer vision and is neat but I like being able to explain what I’m doing. I like knowing something all the way down to first principles. I like how the depth can inform the explanation. I also like getting things done. Sometimes, you can't get everything you want. But if you try sometimes...

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February 12, 2018 /Elecia White
ty, opencv, computer vision
Engineering
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

Pressing Buttons

December 21, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

Is it disturbing that, when I told my robot arm to type “hello”, it typed “help”?

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December 21, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, mearm, robotics
Engineering
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

What's up with Ty?

November 17, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

So what’s up with my typing robot? Has it fallen by the wayside like too many of my projects?

In a word: no. Ty has led me on a merry chase across different worlds. I’m still trying to catch up.

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November 17, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, machine learning
Engineering
1 Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

Completely Lacking Sense

August 17, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

I want to see when my motors are jammed and consuming high current. But where, exactly, do I put this current monitoring resistor?

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August 17, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, current sense, resistance, current
Engineering
3 Comments
License: CC-A-NC-ND

On Cats and Typing

July 13, 2017 by Elecia White in News

Eiecia's presentation links and notes!

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July 13, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, talks
News
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

Imagine a World of Robots

July 07, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

Robotics may actually be impossible. I wonder if I should tell anyone.

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July 07, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, ROS
Engineering
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

A Robot By Any Other Name

June 26, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

Every robot needs a name.

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June 26, 2017 /Elecia White
ty
Engineering
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

The Sound of One Arm Tapping

June 15, 2017 by Elecia White in News

The robot arm has awakened and is looking for something.

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June 15, 2017 /Elecia White
ty, mearm
News
Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND

My Arms! They Are Here!

June 09, 2017 by Elecia White in Engineering

I want to make a robot typist. Of course, I'm going to need some arms. 

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June 09, 2017 /Elecia White
project, ty
Engineering
1 Comment
License: CC-A-NC-ND