Comments on: Blender for Robotics is shaping up

By: Kristofer Monisit

Kristofer Monisit — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:27:34 +0000

This is wonderful! How did you do it? Python scripts + IP networking? My team and I actually thought of using Blender to control an 'ancient' Microbot TeachMover (for our undergraduate thesis). However, since we didn't have much of a background in Python, we just used Blender to create the 3D models, and MATLAB was mainly used to interface with the TeachMover.

This was how it looked like eventually (YouTube):
Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-L2rHOyPdw
Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ilp4iQoF8I

By: qmdx

qmdx — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:59:30 +0000

I thought that Blender may be used for dewelopment of any integrated robotics networks of remote open development networks FOR ALL PEOPLE .

By: PCChris

PCChris — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:42:20 +0000

@Bart: if the x button is supposed to stop the box from popping up ever again then it does not work. Otherwise, it works perfectly fine. I removed some of my cookies and did confirm that the once a day code works. Thank you very much! I think the box should be tolerable this way. :D

By: Bart

Bart — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:00:04 +0000

@PCChris: thanks – I mainly added it to see if it could keep new (read: Google search) visitors on the site a little longer. it certainly should not be annoying. You *should* be able to get rid of it by clicking on the 'X' in the top-right corner. Also, I've tweaked the settings so that it shouldn't appear more than once per day. Please let me know if that works for you.

By: PCChris

PCChris — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:39:10 +0000

First to comment on the article: I think it's great seeing all the uses for Blender, and it seems to be put to use more and more frequently in a variety of ways. Looking forward to what we'll see in the future :D

Now for my small unrelated complaint: I don't know how much it bothers other people, but I find the WP Great Box at the top of each article to be REALLY annoying. Please add a way to disable it permanently or maybe make it appear only on the first article you read. Other than that, BlenderNation continues to be awesome!

By: rubicon

rubicon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:42:22 +0000

as long as you have any controller-board attached to you PC, just drop some lines of dx,dx dz-coordinates to the parallel port and your motors will follow. It's up to your imagination how to get the bézier-curve interpolated ;) and the motors step …. but it's the most fun part of computers anyone can do: Software => motion
PS: i miss my parallel-port *sniff*

By: Icono

Icono — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:21:23 +0000

@Arcanum: There was a blenderart mag about something like that a while back. 16 or 17? It's not all within blender though, there was a free CNC (not ass free as Blender)program he used. I looked into it until I found the price tags.

By: Arcanum

Arcanum — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:28:54 +0000

I wonder if blender could be use on anykind of CNC. Can it generate g-code without a software like mastercam or enroute ? It would be VERY usefull for most of the jobs i'm doing right now… !

By: j09

j09 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:46:19 +0000

I use Blender for designing robots. Probably one of the greatest advantages is that in group design sessions, I can keep up with the conversation in 3D (on the most basic conceptual level). Its a great way to quickly communicate and develop ideas in a group setting.

Grease pencil is really useful for this as well, because it allows non-blender people to go up to a smartboard or promethian and actually draw right into the blender scene, rather than just pointing.

By: MetaBlue

MetaBlue — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Very impressive! First the bike game (a few posts back) and now this! What's next I wonder?