Comments on: why am I trying to build a robot anyway?

By: kae

kae — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:16:23 +0000

Exactly! Great link – that’s very like what I’m trying to do – although mine is much much smaller (and therefore less likely to crush the vegetables while attacking the weeds).
The robot in that link is monstrously huge! I envision mine being at most 18 inches cubed, as a prototype, and smaller than that when I start improving on it.
On the progress front; coincidentally, I am working on the image recognition program for it right this moment – I hope to release that at the end of the week (assuming it works!).

By: hostyle

hostyle — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:29:31 +0000

Also: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000383059240/

By: kae

kae — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:30:18 +0000

hostyle – that’s hilarious! I somehow think that would end up being more work than is really needed, though – getting requirements in an understandable format from clients is hard enough – translating that into language (English or otherwise) that people in a completely other country would understand… I think I’ll stick with just doing the work myself!

By: hostyle

hostyle — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:13:58 +0000

Go google for that slashdot guy who is outsourcing his own job to India. He now acts only in a supervisory role on his 65,000 a year job by paying a programmer in India 15,000 a year. He’s currenty seeking a second job and after a few months hopes to do the same with that. While this isn’t all that relevant to your own quest, and some guy growing vegetables for you India certainly won’t be of much help, its certainly an interesting development.