Octopod stretcher (4 legs always in contact), just make sure it stays stable, keeps people level, has steady footing, moves efficiently, and is cheap to produce after tooling. Problem with "emergencies" is that not all are, and you don't want to destroy a staircase getting a grip, so idk if you need two versions or two modes. Leave handles on and try to keep it light, maybe print Si3O4 into aerographene substrate. The filament is not too bad ($) considering structural volume efficiency of the material and the aerographene internal support structure improves that nicely.
I'm definitely in for this ride! Looks like I'm not alone in journaling and sharing my journey with robots, startups/funding (here in South Africa), and university life. Still making my way to becoming a full-fledged roboticist, but this video reassures me I’m in the right club. Thanks for sharing! 🙌
In this economic downturn, excessively specialized equipment is unlike to have a demand for it. But there's this machine that I don't seem to find anywhere that would be useful for people doing fermentation: an air pump to boil the fermentation broth at lower temperatures (45ºC) with the live microbes on it. It would extract useful volatile components from it (methanol, ethanol) while leaving the microbes alive (no need to heat up the water to boil it, as the decrease in pressure by the air pump achieves the same effect). Here's my advice if you want to make use of your knowledge: *find simple machines that solve simple problems but the payoff is great.*
1: how difficult is it if someone is self taught to get into the field? 2: how effective do you think it is to make robotic project tutorial videos as resume?
@@Dawsatek22 Hey, I checked out your channel. I think you are on the right path. Keep building what you like. 1. I personally think the biggest downside for self-taught is time constraints and the effort needed to showcase your understanding. It's a lot easier to go to college, get an engineering degree, network, and get internships. Your grades will also show you some level of competency. If you want to get a job, at least in the U.S., you would at least have to show the equivalent and capability to build a college-level project. 2. This is a great question. I think on some level it shows your understanding by teaching, but I would say it's far more effective to build robots and share that learning experience with others rather than a tutorial type of video unless it's really unique. Especially the challenges and difficulties and how you overcome those! Keep up the good work :)
@@madeautonomous oh thanks for the advice. can i ask what for college level project might be worth to look into? and i choose for the tutorial way because it seems to be the more clear way to show my skills and i can use text explanation to make it more clearer
@@Dawsatek22 For projects, I'd pick a problem that you could relate to in life. Something that you thought "It would be nice if someone made this", then try to attempt and solve that problem using some robotics skills. This will give you a leeway to tell good stories because it is very personal to you. I'm halfway done with a video which should help a bit on the projects. For sure, I don't think there's a wrong way to go about showcasing what you know.
Given your background, get a few people and target a few markets and make a startup - I know as an engineer it can be intimidating - but some of the best engineers are the world best leaders in innovation. Just some thoughts of you to grow and advance.
Thank you for the high compliment, I've yet to get pass the imposter syndrome from time to time. I do have some thoughts for side-hustles/business, do you have any suggestions? Robotics startups are quite funding-hungry.
I’m a CS student who wants to specialize in Robotics. I’m thinking about switching majors to engineering, but as a CS graduate I can only go for Robotics Software Engineering. Can CS people go to grad school to be qualified as an Engineer of Robots? If not, how appreciated are people with backgrounds primarily in CS over someone with EE/CE in a Robotics team?
Slightly confused, but folks with a CS background are in a good spot for robotics because you should already have good foundations for coding. The majority of my cohorts were CS majors when they joined grad school, they hone in on algorithms and software techniques for robots. You can take the next step by strengthening your algorithms understanding like Computer Vision, Sensor fusion, SLAM, Path planning, collision avoidance... all that. These are on the software/algorithms level and EE/CE would be towards the embedded/hardware level.
Hard question as I'd like a combination of the two, but if I were to pick, I'd still go with wheels! Because they are just more energy efficient and cover a longer range.
Octopod stretcher (4 legs always in contact), just make sure it stays stable, keeps people level, has steady footing, moves efficiently, and is cheap to produce after tooling. Problem with "emergencies" is that not all are, and you don't want to destroy a staircase getting a grip, so idk if you need two versions or two modes. Leave handles on and try to keep it light, maybe print Si3O4 into aerographene substrate. The filament is not too bad ($) considering structural volume efficiency of the material and the aerographene internal support structure improves that nicely.
Love the idea! Robot to the rescue.
I'm definitely in for this ride! Looks like I'm not alone in journaling and sharing my journey with robots, startups/funding (here in South Africa), and university life. Still making my way to becoming a full-fledged roboticist, but this video reassures me I’m in the right club. Thanks for sharing! 🙌
Wow, just checked your channel. Would definitely love to hear more!
In this economic downturn, excessively specialized equipment is unlike to have a demand for it. But there's this machine that I don't seem to find anywhere that would be useful for people doing fermentation: an air pump to boil the fermentation broth at lower temperatures (45ºC) with the live microbes on it. It would extract useful volatile components from it (methanol, ethanol) while leaving the microbes alive (no need to heat up the water to boil it, as the decrease in pressure by the air pump achieves the same effect).
Here's my advice if you want to make use of your knowledge: *find simple machines that solve simple problems but the payoff is great.*
Ask me any questions about Grad school, Robotics, Startups :)
1: how difficult is it if someone is self taught to get into the field? 2: how effective do you think it is to make robotic project tutorial videos as resume?
@@Dawsatek22 Hey, I checked out your channel. I think you are on the right path. Keep building what you like.
1. I personally think the biggest downside for self-taught is time constraints and the effort needed to showcase your understanding. It's a lot easier to go to college, get an engineering degree, network, and get internships. Your grades will also show you some level of competency. If you want to get a job, at least in the U.S., you would at least have to show the equivalent and capability to build a college-level project.
2. This is a great question. I think on some level it shows your understanding by teaching, but I would say it's far more effective to build robots and share that learning experience with others rather than a tutorial type of video unless it's really unique. Especially the challenges and difficulties and how you overcome those!
Keep up the good work :)
@@madeautonomous oh thanks for the advice. can i ask what for college level project might be worth to look into? and i choose for the tutorial way because it seems to be the more clear way to show my skills and i can use text explanation to make it more clearer
@@Dawsatek22 For projects, I'd pick a problem that you could relate to in life. Something that you thought "It would be nice if someone made this", then try to attempt and solve that problem using some robotics skills. This will give you a leeway to tell good stories because it is very personal to you. I'm halfway done with a video which should help a bit on the projects.
For sure, I don't think there's a wrong way to go about showcasing what you know.
@@madeautonomous ok i gonna try to learn gazebo for testing project concept (specially after my esp32 board for my quadrapad was overloaded.)
need dis thank u
amazing journey, keep up the good work!
thankuu
Thanks for the video.
I'm a beginner and self taught. I do it for the learning experience, the challenge and fun, Like a hobby.
This is the best! Learning while having fun.
Given your background, get a few people and target a few markets and make a startup - I know as an engineer it can be intimidating - but some of the best engineers are the world best leaders in innovation. Just some thoughts of you to grow and advance.
Thank you for the high compliment, I've yet to get pass the imposter syndrome from time to time. I do have some thoughts for side-hustles/business, do you have any suggestions? Robotics startups are quite funding-hungry.
I’m a CS student who wants to specialize in Robotics. I’m thinking about switching majors to engineering, but as a CS graduate I can only go for Robotics Software Engineering. Can CS people go to grad school to be qualified as an Engineer of Robots? If not, how appreciated are people with backgrounds primarily in CS over someone with EE/CE in a Robotics team?
Slightly confused, but folks with a CS background are in a good spot for robotics because you should already have good foundations for coding. The majority of my cohorts were CS majors when they joined grad school, they hone in on algorithms and software techniques for robots. You can take the next step by strengthening your algorithms understanding like Computer Vision, Sensor fusion, SLAM, Path planning, collision avoidance... all that. These are on the software/algorithms level and EE/CE would be towards the embedded/hardware level.
are you legged robots guy or a wheeled robots?
Hard question as I'd like a combination of the two, but if I were to pick, I'd still go with wheels! Because they are just more energy efficient and cover a longer range.