I am continuing to test the Mini by printing parts that I hope will improve it, Trying to get a 10 year old used 3d printer working that has had trouble from when it was brand new. Yes it needs a new extruder but that is not in my budget right now. But the good … More Makerbot Replicator Mini Printing Things
What will K-9’s artificial intelligence be able to do? I don’t know, it is not definable yet. Vision software is advancing fast with computers like the Jetson Nano. Opencv is a free addons to python that runs the camera, but that is just the surface of what it can do. It can handle reading frame … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 29 – opencv Object Tracking
For a while now I knew that I was going to be using a Arduino to sub process with the Jetson Nano. Let’s see if we can get them to talk. The best place to start is JetsonHack.com he has a page and a YouTube on the subject. I am not detailing the steps when … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 24 – The Arduino Connection
K-9 has so many parts, one being a side monitor that in the TV show, displays computer functions. Some fans built K-9 units with displays that run slideshows of photos of Dr. Who, I think that is very cool. The part is not that hard to find, it’s just coming up with a monitor that … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 22 – Display Side Monitor
As time goes by I slowly have time to work on the software that will be operating k9. The two year old Jetson Nano is a still a very powerful micro computer for ai development. Nvidia was the horse to bet on. There architecture is accelerating in the field of neural networks and video processing … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 15 – Software Planning
Oh my, I am so happy! I just got my Fusion360 working again. Let me explain, Autodesk made some subscription changes with hobby accounts. After knowing that this was going to happen, I started downloading my files that I had in the Autodesk cloud. But it didn’t really help because there is nothing that comes … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 5 – 3d Printer Run Away Error
Part 5 – Setup, Testing & Review Right now I am in the middle of waiting on parts but Office Max had a black Friday special on SD cards. So I got a 64mb 100 bps PYN card for $15.00. It’s so cool that I get to work on setup this early because it will … More Nvidia Jetson Nano – Jetbot Experimental AI Robot Part 5
I don’t think you can design anything and call it a success without actually building and do something. You must tenaciously hunt down the fail point before you can call it a win. … More Construction Of A DIY 3D Printer – Part 21 Test, Fail, Repeat
On August 17, 2019 Ron Printed his first 3D Part. … More Construction Of A DIY 3D Printer Part 20 – First Layer
Previous <- 15 – Hot End Kit NEXT -> 17 – X Axis Motor Continued from part 15 – Installing and heating up the E3D v6 Clone. Sorry I do not know how to make this post interesting unless you are having the same problem. After that first test of … More Construction Of A DIY 3D Printer Part 16 -Thermistor Tuning
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