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I keep dreaming about rigging up some robot arms terminating in large mirrors, which would use inverse kinematics to follow the sun and reflect more light into
by cproctor 5y ago
I keep dreaming about rigging up some robot arms terminating in large mirrors, which would use inverse kinematics to follow the sun and reflect more light into my office window.
- martyvis 5y agoThey are called heliostats. They actually built a massive one into a building near my office in order compensate for the loss of natural light in the village square. https://youtu.be/6nYkQR-kPyM https://youtu.be/6nYkQR-kPyM
- kwhitefoot 5y agoThat was cool! I was expecting this though: https://youtu.be/ja6Zju2W_XY https://youtu.be/ja6Zju2W_XY
- cproctor 5y agoWow! That's inspiring, though (perhaps inevitably) some of those arrays hanging off of buildings look a little clunky. Thanks for sharing :)