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This is a warning sticker I found on a computer-operated robot that is in Jensen Beach High School's engineering room. I found it pretty hilarious at the time...
26-08-2007 21:20
EHaskins
I think I need a poster of that to have in the pits.
26-08-2007 21:22
Aliviahahaha. I definitely find this to be quite humorous as well.
And I kind of feel myself wanting a sticker like that to put in my dorm room...

26-08-2007 21:55
DonRotolo
Now is that guy thrashing in pain, or leaping in joy?
(I pick the latter: The code finally compiled!)
Don
26-08-2007 22:14
Jared W|
Now is that guy thrashing in pain, or leaping in joy?
(I pick the latter: The code finally compiled!) Don |
26-08-2007 22:37
JaneYoung
Boy, would I love to have a sticker like this.
I talked (and still do) about watching out for/being aware of the arm on the '07 robot.
This sticker makes me smile. It's awesome.
27-08-2007 06:53
chris31HAHA, I wish I had that to put on our shop area. It really reaminded me of this image for some reason. http://jaywalking.us/media/2007/Augu...es/zkfq003.jpg
27-08-2007 18:36
Clark Gilbert
Is that the only warning you get for this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOCmoYU6h1Q
27-08-2007 19:31
Alivia
27-08-2007 21:18
Jared Wi've seen another one like that...but a little smaller.
and the robot that the sticker was on is like that..just alot smaller..maybe only 2 or 3 feet high.
and instead of a chair, they put a samurai sword in its arm, and controlled it with a wii remote..
haha
28-08-2007 10:34
artdutra04
That reminds me of the "Warning! Trespassers Will be Used for Science Experiments" sign I once saw...
http://unitednuclear.com/vinylgraphics.htm
28-08-2007 16:36
Madison
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Oh my goodness!
That looks sooo scary, but sooo fun! What kind of robot thing is that? |
28-08-2007 16:51
Billfred
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It's a robocoaster from KUKA.
http://www.kuka.com/usa/en/products/...ster/start.htm Stateside, I believe the only place you can ride them is at LEGOLand in Carlsbad, CA -- but there may be another, smaller installation somewhere else. |
28-08-2007 16:56
Madison
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Close, but no cigar. Engadget reported on it back in January--it's apparently a guy with an industrial robot, a chair with a safety harness, and more guts than I have.
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28-08-2007 19:37
Red MageI think this picture would make the best team shirt ever! Much better than our rolling, flaming balls of '06, or our burnt cheese doodle.
28-08-2007 19:42
Otaku
I read "Burnt Cheese Doodle" as "Burnt Cheese Diode".
I have a new T-Shirt design idea...
28-08-2007 22:49
BigJI read "burnt cheese doodle" as "burnt cheese dongle".
A cheese dongle? mmmm, 100% Wisconsin autonomous.
29-08-2007 16:25
AndyB
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I read "burnt cheese doodle" as "burnt cheese dongle".
A cheese dongle? mmmm, 100% Wisconsin autonomous. |
30-08-2007 20:38
Qbranch
THAT IS SO NOT SAFE!!!!!!!
You realize when you 'ride' a robot, your putting your life in the hands of a servo loop which depends on just ONE encoder to give feedback about the motor's position. The loss of an encoder, with today's high high update rates (some high as 20KHz (standard yaskawa servo modulation frequency)) integrator windup happens in the blink of an eye.
So... that effortless power that lifts you up in the air and makes you giggle... could also just as easily slam you into the ground at ~50mph. I may stick my head in a CNC machine... but thats as far as i'm willing to trust a servo. Heck, 'fly by wire' steering still has a mechanical override... automakers know servos are too risky for something like steering. Its just that people who make these robotic coasters havent put the 'what if it hits a bus of nuns' test to their robot coasters like the automakers have.
Sorry to be all uptight... but i've seen an Adept 4 axis arm lose an encoder at work... JT1 (the main joint) spun around 2 times in about .5 seconds. If anyone would have been in the cell they would have been dead (not just dead, like DEAD)... and that was just with people in the vicinity of the robot, let alone RIDING it. I know its tempting... servos are so good anymore it makes the motion seem so serene and controlled, but remember, in free range, theyre just motors.
PLEASE don't do this... ok i'll get off my soap box now.
-q
31-08-2007 07:15
Protronie
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THAT IS SO NOT SAFE!!!!!!!
You realize when you 'ride' a robot, your putting your life in the hands of a servo loop ... So... that effortless power that lifts you up in the air and makes you giggle... could also just as easily slam you into the ground at ~50mph. I may stick my head in a CNC machine... but thats as far as i'm willing to trust a servo. Sorry to be all uptight... but i've seen an Adept 4 axis arm lose an encoder at work... JT1 (the main joint) spun around 2 times in about .5 seconds. If anyone would have been in the cell they would have been dead (not just dead, like DEAD)... and that was just with people in the vicinity of the robot, let alone RIDING it. I know its tempting... servos are so good anymore it makes the motion seem so serene and controlled, but remember, in free range, theyre just motors. PLEASE don't do this... ok i'll get off my soap box now. -q |
01-09-2007 01:26
Otaku
I've ridden our team's bot... As a demonstration of it's power. I'm easily the heaviest person on our team and while standing on the 'bot, and it accelerated just like usual.
But then agian, that was more me putting my safety in the hands of our drivers and not a program (well, a program too, but you know what I mean)
01-09-2007 06:59
Qbranch
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I've ridden our team's bot... As a demonstration of it's power. I'm easily the heaviest person on our team and while standing on the 'bot, and it accelerated just like usual.
But then agian, that was more me putting my safety in the hands of our drivers and not a program (well, a program too, but you know what I mean) |