Chainsaw + fast robot - what could go wrong? (Patreon)

You probably wont believe me, but the above is my attempt at a "software only" video. There's obviously some hardware involved, but the idea was that it is minimal since I didn't have to make the robot arm. This theoretically will allow me to focus on the software aspects of making this thing do cool stuff.  We'll see how it plays out - the pool table was also supposed to be a software only video and you probably saw what happened with that....

Aside from some work on the v2 lock for lock picking lawyer (still a work in progress), the last few weeks have been a perpetual state of me banging my head against the wall of my code editor. It turns out creating a generalized strategy for cutting things out of blocks with a chainsaw is pretty hard. There are just so many ways the saw can get stuck, collide, not reach things... I think this is going to end up being a pretty interesting video :)

I still have a ways to go - I estimate that I'm past the halfway mark with the software, but still a lot of things that I want to add. After that  I get to say hello to integration hell... Another potential tar pit is that I've tested this robot some, but I have no idea how it's going to respond to what I intend to throw at it. I'll post more things in the discord as it develops. I also might do some more streams of making parts if things line up favorably for me. Stay tuned!

- Shane