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'''Full Name:''' Justin T. Conroy
'''Full Name:''' Justin T. Conroy
'''Titles:''' [[General Area|General Area Host]], [[SIGBOT|Robot at Large]]
'''Titles:''' [[President]], [[SIGBOT|Robot at Large]]
'''IRC:''' `justin
'''IRC:''' `justin
I hack on robots, embedded systems, bicycles, [[User:Justin/Brews|beer brewing]], CNC machines (3D printers, routers, etc.), and the hackerspace itself.
I hack on robots, embedded systems, bicycles, [[User:Justin/Brews|beer brewing]], CNC machines (3D printers, routers, etc.), and the hackerspace itself.
I'm also the general area host at PS1. [[User:Justin/General Area TODO|See my TODO list]].
I'm also the president at PS1.
== Current project ==
== Current projects ==
=== Fabulous/Mini Fabulous ===
Fabulous is a robot I built to compete in Robot Riot on December 9, 2015 at Geek Bar. Fabulous won that competition so bad that they had to create a new rule to kick Fabulous out in the next competition. They put on a weight limit of 7 pounds for the next Robot Riot (Fabulous probably weighs 20-30 pounds). In light of that, I'm working on a new robot for Robot Riot II. It's called Mini Fabulous because it's supposed to be a miniature version of Fabulous. Robot Riot II will take place on January 23, 2016 at Gaming Under the Influence. It will be [http://theguishow.com/robotriot/ live streamed] allegedly.
==== Features ====
* GDS (Glitter Dispersal System)
* Remote Control!
* Glitter Blister Skin (the robot bleeds glitter when it gets hit by other robots)
* Chest Burster?
=== Control of Robot Arm ===
Someone on the public mailing list sold me a pair of robot arms for $150. It was a sweet deal so I took them. One of them has a controller to move it manually. The other one came with a handful of stepper drivers.
* So far I've gotten the one with stepper drivers to move all its joints at the same time using an Arduino and a fancy stepper driver controller library.
* I'm working on adding limit switches to each joint so I can move them to a known position at power on. So far I've managed to install two.
** The first one was on the elbow.
** The second one is on the shoulder.
** I'll probably do the base next. I've had a few suggestions for how to do it.
** The wrist will probably be the most difficult. I'll probably actually attach the switches so that they'll be triggered by the brass turnbuckles on the cables.
** The gripper already has a switch for detecting when it's closed, so I can use that.
* Once I can home the joints, I can add additional control software on top. I plan on working out the full inverse kinematics, then programming the bot to do things like block puzzles.
* I may even add a camera above it for some more fun! :-)
=== Automatic Cash Membership Dues ===
=== Automatic Cash Membership Dues ===
* Currently I need to create the user interface and the database stuff on the backend. It's a lot of stuff I've never done before, so this part may take a while.
* Currently I need to create the user interface and the database stuff on the backend. It's a lot of stuff I've never done before, so this part may take a while.
* Whenever someone figures out RFID stuff, it'll have to work with that, for convenience and whatnot.
* Whenever someone figures out RFID stuff, it'll have to work with that, for convenience and whatnot.
== Sidelined projects ==
These are projects that I'm technically still working on. I've realized that in order to actually get anything done, I need to focus on a single project, finish it, then work on the other projects. So I'll get back to these projects once I finish the project in the '''Current Project''' section.
=== Quickbot ===
=== Quickbot ===
* Taken from the Coursera Control of Mobile Robots MOOC: https://class.coursera.org/conrob-002
* Taken from the Coursera Control of Mobile Robots MOOC: https://class.coursera.org/conrob-002
* I'm building and programming this robot as I follow along with the course.
* I'm building and programming this robot as I follow along with the course.
* Sort of sidelined right now because of problems flashing Linux to the BBB.
=== SmartRap ===
=== SmartRap ===
== Want to work on ==
== Want to work on ==
* Learn to weld and/or braze to build bicycle frames.
* Learn to weld and/or braze to build bicycle frames.
* Drink Mixing Robot: http://yujiangtham.com/2014/05/25/build-your-very-own-drink-mixing-robot-part-1/
* Drink Mixing Robot: http://yujiangtham.com/2014/05/25/build-your-very-own-drink-mixing-robot-part-1/
== Old Projects ==
== Old Projects ==
=== End Grain Cutting Board ===
Eric B. taught a class on making end grain cutting boards. I took the class to learn how to make one. It ended up looking very nice. It was a Christmas present for my momma. I might need to make another one for my sister. I should probably put some pictures on here.
=== Laser Turret ===
=== Laser Turret ===
For this project I was planning to use an Asus Xtion Pro connected to a Raspberry Pi and some servos to build a laser onto a turret and have it track people. It would play some sound effects from the portal turrets to make it more entertaining. I managed to get OpenNI to compile on the Raspberry Pi, but I found that the Nite libraries, which actually do the user tracking I would need were proprietary, and thus I got stuck on this project. It looks like OpenNI might actually be dying now, so I don't know if I'll ever continue this project. I was really hoping I would come back to it in 6 months or so and find that they had either open sourced Nite or that they had at least provided a binary blob for the Pi. Oh well. Maybe I can try to use Point Cloud Library instead.
For this project I was planning to use an Asus Xtion Pro connected to a Raspberry Pi and some servos to build a laser onto a turret and have it track people. It would play some sound effects from the portal turrets to make it more entertaining. I managed to get OpenNI to compile on the Raspberry Pi, but I found that the Nite libraries, which actually do the user tracking I would need were proprietary, and thus I got stuck on this project. It looks like OpenNI might actually be dying now, so I don't know if I'll ever continue this project. I was really hoping I would come back to it in 6 months or so and find that they had either open sourced Nite or that they had at least provided a binary blob for the Pi. Oh well. Maybe I can try to use Point Cloud Library instead.
== Other Things ==
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