Author: BBock

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Cam Claw and Rack Retractor

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Happy 2021! If you haven't read my first post about the Cubert project, you can read it at https://brianbock.net/2020/07/19/new-project-rubiks-cube-solving-robot/ Justin did a bunch of work in the past week or so…

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Skull Modification and Redesign

If you haven't read about this project yet, check out my previous post. Getting the servo pinion to mesh with the rack proved more challenging then it should have been.…

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New Project – Spooky Eyes

The Idea In the last week of September, I started this project. While not yet done, this has so far been a much quicker project than most on my website.…

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Video Recording with cv2.videoWriter

My task today was to practice recording video with cv2.videoWriter(). Using code I pieced together from some of Adrian Rosenbrock's tutorials and Dr. Mitchell's stoplighttracker.py I created the following code:…

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Skeletal Motor Mounts

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The skeletal motor mounts turned out pretty well. There’s less material to hold the Azi motor to the tripod plate, and it takes very little force to tip it over.…

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Thermal Redesign

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As I mentioned previously, the motors get really hot when running at their new speeds. In an attempt to correct this, I made some modifications to the housings for each…

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Arduino Shield Issues & Future Ideas

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I realized after finishing the board that I used the Arduino’s analog and power pins purely for structural support without any intent to make them usable. I used pin headers…

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