Stymied
Bob Warwick Part of the reason I’m blogging this all is to have a record of my work, and part of it is to show off the stupid mistakes I’m making. I’m…
From Scratch or Not?
The first time I built a robot, it was a course at UVic where we build self-driving hovercraft. We had to start from scratch – styrofoam for the base platform,…
Recognizing Elements
It probably won’t surprise you that I’m not just working on robotics, I’m working on a few different kinds of automation. I was always a bit bearish on AI, but…
Spare Parts
Of course, the Mecanno set I’ve purchased doesn’t have nearly as many of the pieces I want, so I’ve just ordered 100 of the 25 hole strips from https://www.meccanospares.com. It’s…
Ridiculous Goals
So we know I want to create robots that use AIs as part of the control system in non-constrained environments. Rather than creating machines that only work in a controlled…
Google’s Doing Cool Stuff with LLMs and Robotics
Google’s doing a ton of cool research into using LLMs to drive robotics. This is one of the most inspiring blog posts I’ve read: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/rt-2-new-model-translates-vision-and-language-into-action/ There’s a lot more on…
Someting New
We’re standing on the edge of something new. I’ve been developing software since I was nine, and I sold my first product at nineteen. A little automation utility that swapped…