Sep 06, 2006 10:56
Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret not going to burning man now, but hopefully I'll make it next year. After all, since I'm now in the process of making servo driver circuits, and the targeting algorithm works reasonably well, soon you will all fall into the crosshairs of my semi-autonomous hunter robot....
then the fun part begins, in which I design a learning algorithm for it.....though somehow training it will be a pain in the ass...I'm thinking of using "threat injection" techniques I've been studying here at work...
and speaking of "ass," when I mentioned my "center of mass" calculation to Steve, he pointed out that, "If there's a center of mass, then there has to be a center of ass. You should make the center of ass calculation." In the ensuing conversation, the idea for the "sexual harassment" bot (which just runs around grabbing and whistling at people) was born, and so if that eventual concept (which I find artistic, for esoteric reasons my own) is what gets brought into being, you should realize that it was his idea...
That's supposed to be a good thing, though.