Very interesting video! A few questions: 1) What books would you recommend reading to help someone get started in making small robots? 2)Why FreeCAD instead of Onshape? 3) How did you learn to code the robots? Any recommendations on learning this kind of coding?
1. Instead of a book, buying an Arduino Starter Kit and go through all the sensor lessons. Then Build a simple robot like an Arm or Rover. 2. FreeCAD is 100% free and local, where OnShape has a paywall and is a cloud service. We've used OnShape and its fine, but its not ideal for the way we operate. 3. Our day jobs is software programing, so robots was an easy transition. You have to commit to learning how to code. Python is a great programing language to learn. Honestly any LLM like ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Gronk, Claude, Llamma will be great teachers to help you code. And there are lots of great teachers on TH-cam.
I understand the video is sponsored, but it's just NOT that hard to cut sheet metal with a jigsaw and a few good carbide blades. Keep it oiled or use tapping fluid, and be very careful to clamp it well. Drill out the corners of interior spaces. For straight lines, a diamond or carbide blade in a circular saw works a treat. I've cut 1/2" like that. Cleanup with a file or angle grinder. Don't bother with nibblers or shears unless you have big money; the cheap ones are junk. Faire point about wearing gloves. A basic brake to bend it is ~$60 at Harbor Freight. Or $20 at a garage sale or online market place if you live in a big city. The main point is if you aren't waiting for a service to ship it from the other side of the world, you can quickly make a new one when you find an error.
Agreed, if we are going to enter Tripedal into combat robots we'll need to bring at least 3 to every event (there are multiple rounds, and you can swap out robot clones during rounds)
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Looks great
I look forward to seeing the completed robot. Please enter me in your Desk Buddy giveaway.
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Very interesting video! A few questions: 1) What books would you recommend reading to help someone get started in making small robots? 2)Why FreeCAD instead of Onshape? 3) How did you learn to code the robots? Any recommendations on learning this kind of coding?
1. Instead of a book, buying an Arduino Starter Kit and go through all the sensor lessons. Then Build a simple robot like an Arm or Rover.
2. FreeCAD is 100% free and local, where OnShape has a paywall and is a cloud service. We've used OnShape and its fine, but its not ideal for the way we operate.
3. Our day jobs is software programing, so robots was an easy transition. You have to commit to learning how to code. Python is a great programing language to learn. Honestly any LLM like ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Gronk, Claude, Llamma will be great teachers to help you code. And there are lots of great teachers on TH-cam.
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I understand the video is sponsored, but it's just NOT that hard to cut sheet metal with a jigsaw and a few good carbide blades. Keep it oiled or use tapping fluid, and be very careful to clamp it well. Drill out the corners of interior spaces. For straight lines, a diamond or carbide blade in a circular saw works a treat. I've cut 1/2" like that. Cleanup with a file or angle grinder. Don't bother with nibblers or shears unless you have big money; the cheap ones are junk. Faire point about wearing gloves. A basic brake to bend it is ~$60 at Harbor Freight. Or $20 at a garage sale or online market place if you live in a big city. The main point is if you aren't waiting for a service to ship it from the other side of the world, you can quickly make a new one when you find an error.
Agreed, if we are going to enter Tripedal into combat robots we'll need to bring at least 3 to every event (there are multiple rounds, and you can swap out robot clones during rounds)