Recent content by tusavision

Perhaps this is the wrong subforum? Can a moderator move me to Electical engineering or computer science? Something more relavent? I think the real issue at this point is an estimation of the lag that such a control system would have to deal with.

Same reasons health care is so expensive.(already outlined in the beginning of thread) The role of insurance company is played by financial aid in this instance. When we see a "napster" for college textbooks: then maybe the price will fall. Then again: -napster dilutes the value of...

Talked to several people about this. One thought I should use this motion capture technique to supplement traditional positioning feedback from an optical encoder. The other didn't have an opinion one way or the other but didn't see anything immediately wrong with the idea. Some discussion about...

aeronautical; mechanical; chemical; civil; electrical; manufacturing; nuclear; ...I'm drawing a blank. That's all that come to my mind. Computer science has a variety of sub-divisions within it.

"Roboticist" I think is what they call themselves. I'm not the one to answer this question but my understanding of the robotics job market is that it's the professional athlete of engineers. You would chose a specialty later on in your education like physics, mechanical, electrical...

At your age the answer is the same either way: Math, chemistry, physics, writing. also: FIRST Robotics, metal shop, any programming classes you can get. The first 2-3 years of college are mostly dedicated to core topics. You don't really have to choose a "major" or field of study...

http://builders.reprap.org/2009/09/bambot-bamboo-robot.html I want to see this design move forward. Before I can work on the mechanical engineering aspects of the motors: I want to work on my position control system. (Cheap geared DC motors like those from solarbotics/chinese drill motors...