will.stedden @bonkerfield@fosstodon.org

California mantis in the greenhouse.

I've also got part of the pick+drop working in real life too. And packaged that code up separately
https://github.com/lots-of-things/ros_braccio_opencv_obj_detect_grab

For anyone interested in #FOSS and #robotics, I've started working with #ROS and #Gazebo simulator to model an Arduino Braccio arm.

I put together a package with everything needed to simulate pick+drop of an object. https://github.com/lots-of-things/braccio_moveit_gazebo

also wrote a little post about the https://bonkerfield.org/2020/08/braccio-moveit-gazebo/

@jacethechicken WoAH Hold up. The caption is missing the joke here. It says that "circle" has been written in, but clearly, the funny part is that "circle" is the worksheet instructions, which the kid has circled.

Ok, I'm realizing I've had a rough day.

@mdszy there is no backwards anymore. the modern internet will only accept your progress.

I have reached the "writing a 4 chapter philosophical treatise on the nature of identity and why I exist" part of the pandemic.

record scratches, camera freezes, etc.

So how did I get here? well when @mike and @kev wrote about why they blog and then started #100DaysToOffload, I tried to write a quick summary of why I write a blog. But then that turned into why do I do anything, and the whole project snowballed, and 3ish weeks later I have described my "reasons."

https://bonkerfield.org/reasons/

@tomosaigon i think i see where you're going with this. the answer is a whopping 0, but that's why it called it a dream! 😅