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.
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.
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.
Now that the starfighter is built (mostly) and work has slowed down ever so little, I have a little time to get back to learning with my robot. X1 has had a severe facelift. I don’t want to relabel it X2, because the guts and drive are unchaged. So, let’s call it X1.1.