pcantin

3 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   I made the front page of Make magazine blog... Yeah baby! http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/17/stress-testing-lego/
2. 2.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   The sensor was not the slowest element, it was the servos combined with the design. For the next build I plan to use a big step-motor rotating in continuous mode and transfer the rotation motion into a linear one like steam powered machine
3. 3.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   Once I have a new test machine that his much faster I will indeed retest all the eras (with multiple tests per era). Of course this time I plan to build a real sound proofing system around it. This last machine was really annoying.
4. 4.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   You're right and this is why I intend to build a better rig. More answers in this new vid I just uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLt8HkIOAuY
5. 5.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   No sweat. your comment was right. I'm no engineer but I build stuff all the time for the fun of it.
6. 6.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   (I'm the guy that built it): Totally true, I build a lot of stuff and the goal of this build was to make it work fast. In doing so I realized that I underestimated the strength needed to assemble and disassemble LEGO bricks. I actually pl
7. 7.▲
   by pcantin 13y ago

   I'm the guy that built it: During the tests, I had to guess the current count based on the estimate that one full iteration was about 10 seconds. This was not a good estimate and it made me overshot the actual number. When the test was fina