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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:36:07 UTC Bernie

   I'm at Orange County Maker Faire, and my roommate's robotics team is showing off here.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:38:30 UTC Bernie

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     They powered it up...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:43:54 UTC Bernie

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     Another team has a pretty accurate robot...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:45:13 UTC Bernie

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     I wasn't expecting it could also do that! 😄

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:46:05 UTC Bernie

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     “Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence. “ – Isaac Asimov at 1964 World's Fair

     https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-isaac-asimov-thought-2014-would-look-like-2607612/

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:48:20 UTC Bernie

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     I wonder if Asimov would have guessed that these "neither common nor very good" robots would be built by school kids...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:55:16 UTC Bernie

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     These are not autonomous robots, but all teams seem to be doing some computer vision with OpenCV to auto-aim at the targets.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:56:08 UTC Bernie

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     • Hobbs

     @cmhobbs It dispenses balls... in your face if you don't move away.

   • Hobbs (cmhobbs@pleroma.asn.mobi)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 19:56:09 UTC Hobbs

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     @codewiz where is the coffee dispenser/hand mauler?
   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 20:10:14 UTC Bernie

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     There's a language called OpenSCAD to generate 3D printer models without tedious drawing in a CAD!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 20:49:27 UTC Bernie

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     If you thought calculus was boring back in school... how about applied calculus?