Nothing like a freshly printed dragon to remind me why I need a resin printer 😬

#3dprinting #Dungeons&Dragons

Some pictures of our cognitive robotics project. The robot's long leg can be adjusted to three different positions. It's able to recognize its current leg position through movement and exploration.

#robotics #engineering

Alternatives to popular proprietary platforms

#opensource

Our little robot navigating its environment as part of a Cognitive Robotics project

Just discovered SAMURAI, an adaptation of Meta’s SAM 2 for visual object tracking. It uses motion-aware memory selection to predict object motion and refine masks. Especially interesting for crowded scenes. Looks like a big step forward!

yangchris11.github.io/samurai/

I built a small experimental setup to record my robot's movements. This allows me to better assign the results of the recorded data to the individual movements afterwards.

Not the most professional way to do it, but sometimes an IKEA lamp, some 3D printing and a hair tie is good enough 😁

TIL: When placing SMD components for soldering under the microscope, especially if you're doing it for the very first time, avoid coffee at all costs. The difference in shaky hands is literally night and day.

New little robot in the making - The goal is to program sensorimotor loops and behaviors and to conduct experiments to explore sensorimotor manifolds and the environment