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Not entirely sure that there's interest for this type of long form content, but this is HN after all so if there's any chance of anyone being interested it's go

Not entirely sure that there's interest for this type of long form content, but this is HN after all so if there's any chance of anyone being interested it's gotta be here! I'm building a robot 'dog' (quadruped with a tail and a head) and documenting every second of it on video. This first part is lots of CADing. I'm being brutally honest and not hiding any of my mistakes. I also have a background in mechanical engineering so I'm not completely clueless but this project is a first for me. My inspiration was watching George Hotz programming videos (hours long) which I really enjoy and thought there should be a hardware equivalent

jvwww 2y ago
Genuine question, how do you juggle doing something like plus building your own company (I can see you're the founder of Double Bot)? Have subscribed, I quite like content like this. Good luck.
- geepytee 2y ago
  Good question. Don't see it as something to juggle along with building a company, but rather a creative outlet that helps keep burnout at bay. Does that make sense?
  - jvwww 2y ago
    Yeah makes sense, thanks for sharing.
    - geepytee 2y ago
      Can I ask why did you ask in the first place? Is this something that you're trying to figure out too?
nhggfu 2y ago
really interesting. keep it coming, imo.
- geepytee 2y ago
  Appreciate it, will keep it coming!
- geepytee 2y ago
  Here's part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w as promised :)
  - nhggfu 2y ago
    brilliant. following along. suggestion: a Lapel mic would make a huge difference to your videos fwiw. #audio
pinbender 2y ago
Thank you so much for this project. I've been trying to learn more about building "stuff that moves", and 99% of what's out there teaches either beginner-level fundamentals or how to assemble something that's already designed. The whole process is exactly what I wanted.
- geepytee 2y ago
  This is so encouraging :) I just posted part 2 just now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w At this point i'm starting to get into programming the servos and figuring out leg kinematics. Unfortunately i'm not an expert but I left in all of my mistakes (no video edits) so hopefully others can learn from them. Or do you think I should just edit mistakes and only show the path that worked?
  - pinbender 2y ago
    The mistakes are important. Leave them in!

jvwww 2y ago

Genuine question, how do you juggle doing something like plus building your own company (I can see you're the founder of Double Bot)? Have subscribed, I quite like content like this. Good luck.

geepytee 2y ago
Good question. Don't see it as something to juggle along with building a company, but rather a creative outlet that helps keep burnout at bay. Does that make sense?
- jvwww 2y ago
  Yeah makes sense, thanks for sharing.
  - geepytee 2y ago
    Can I ask why did you ask in the first place? Is this something that you're trying to figure out too?

nhggfu 2y ago

really interesting. keep it coming, imo.

geepytee 2y ago
Appreciate it, will keep it coming!
geepytee 2y ago
Here's part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w as promised :)
- nhggfu 2y ago
  brilliant. following along. suggestion: a Lapel mic would make a huge difference to your videos fwiw. #audio

pinbender 2y ago

Thank you so much for this project. I've been trying to learn more about building "stuff that moves", and 99% of what's out there teaches either beginner-level fundamentals or how to assemble something that's already designed. The whole process is exactly what I wanted.

geepytee 2y ago
This is so encouraging :) I just posted part 2 just now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGFMXu0In7w At this point i'm starting to get into programming the servos and figuring out leg kinematics. Unfortunately i'm not an expert but I left in all of my mistakes (no video edits) so hopefully others can learn from them. Or do you think I should just edit mistakes and only show the path that worked?
- pinbender 2y ago
  The mistakes are important. Leave them in!