It is said necessity is the mother of invention. I wholeheartedly disagree. We didn’t need cars or trains or elevators or even computers… well, maybe computers. But my disagreement stands. But if necessity isn’t the mother of invention, what is? Well, in my experience, invention is the result of our efforts to reduce the amount of actual work we have to do. Laziness. Laziness is the mother of invention.
Robot Group Chooses New VP
- Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:54
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December every year an Austin local robotics club holds its annual banquet and member meeting. This is the first year I was able to attend and, as is not uncommon when I get involved with a group like this, I left the event with some authority and duties.
BARB – Entering Phase 2
- Wednesday, 02 October 2013 05:24
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Last week I wrote about my frustrations with getting the code put together. Well, this week things seem to be going much smoother. I was able to get the code situated and BARB running. I took it outside to run some range, speed, and terrain tests (and, let’s face it, show off in front of the neighbors). The results were promising and about what I expected.
Introducing BARB
- Friday, 20 September 2013 05:21
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It’s been four months since my last post. At that time I lauded a lull in my day job that was allowing me to spend more time on projects. That was a lie. About four hours after a wrote that I was completely inundated with work. But that was then. Since that time I’ve managed to shoehorn in some costuming, a much needed vacation to DragonCon, and some time to work on another robotics project, BARB.