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Miscellaneous Robots & Videos

Here’s a few robots and videos from 2007 to 2009. CRAB Robot Diagnostic This is a small robot I hooked up to my PC and I added some TTS (Text-To-Speech). I think this is around 2007, so it’s pretty old footage. For anyone that recognizes it, this is the same J.A.R.V.I.S. voice I use for […]

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The Feynman (Robot) Years

This is a continued post about my robots as I prepare to archive and rebuild ScottsBots.Com. Feynman MK1 – 2002 The “Feynman” name for my robots actually comes from the names of the computers in my house, this computer housed in wood below was called Feynman, and I happened to turn it into a robot. […]

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The Early Days of Scott’s Bots

I thought I’d put a post together summarizing some of my robots as I prepare to archive and rebuild ScottsBots.Com. TetherBot – 1999 I built this robot in 1999. I hacked two hobby servers (Futaba 3003) to make it move and built my own sensors with some parts from Radio Shack. To move this robot […]

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A Chat GPT Thing

A few months ago I wrote a program to use: Speech Recognition via Web Speech API. Pipe that to Chat GPT’s API Pipe the response to AWS Polly’s Text To Speech Engine I put the code here: https://github.com/scottpreston/chatgpt-srtts Nothing fancy, just a little playing around and enough content for about a 30minute talk at ColumbusJS.

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Fun Learning Final Cut Pro!

Built a new “intro” and adding some movement to my video clips.

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MK3 Exoskeleton – MK1 Arm

The first part of the MK3 Exoskeleton the MK1 arm (forearm). 3D Editing Software – Fusion 360. CNC – Shapeoko 3 w/HDZ. Materials – PLA for Protptype 3D Parts. 1/4″ 6061 Aluminum Plate, 4-40 Stainless Screws w/Lock Nuts, 3d Printed Spacers Next part the bicep and actuator.

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No CodeMash 2022

In early December during the build of the Mark3 suit I had a catastrophic failure of my CNC Z-Axis limit switch. (See Below). Because of this the machine was unable to home, and without being able to home, I couldn’t cut anything. I was unable to get it fixed with new parts until the week […]

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Ethereum Mining Trial

So this week-end I did an experiment with Ethereum Mining. The first thing I did was use a calculator. Here’s one from CryptoCompare.com. Now according to this calculator, I should make around $36 bucks a month for my Nvidia GTX 1060 Card. Well, I did an experiment and after 28 hours I made $1.10. This […]

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Created A YouTube Channel – Almost Iron Man

So yes I created a channel, Almost Iron Man. The name is suppose to be fun, it’s about all my adventures trying to make a suit and make my home smart. Here’s my first video: Enjoy!

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Old CodeMash Talk – 2016

I found this when looking for media from my original Exo-Skeleton talk. Sadly nobody thought of recording it while doing the talk, we were all too busy hoping I wouldn’t fall over. Thanks, The-Ohayo-Dev.

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