Project update, the printing and building of previously mentioned Exo hand went well, and I finally finished it. Here is a picture of the final build. works ok, although i still think it should be independent of drilling and screws etc and size would be better if it was a little more flexible.
3DPrinted Exo-hand
Paymaan.
I have printed first part of the Exo-hand and in this stage it seems fine. First prototype is almost done, except for screws. Claws are not printed yet. This will be also available to the highest bidder in case anyone is interested. The funds will be used for improving the design probably.
This design is not mine, but I am interested in Improving, re-designing it although I am a little busy with my Thesis, so in case people ask for it, it will be an ongoing project. Just give your thoughts.
The original was this:
https://sellfy.com/p/BXw2/#
And this is mine so far:
Exo hand, first part, without screws, slight modifications to the original design.
Paymaan.
After 4 day+nights of heavy work along my colleague to design first prototypes of the robot we are designing, I finally took the design to the laser shop to cut them. 2 copies were cut so we can have spares, just in case, or if everything goes well, build a second one.
Laser cutting robot platform parts
The design took lots of work, and we used (and learned to use) Autocad, Solidworks, Freecad, Cura 15, Coreldraw, etc. etc. but it finally went well, and the parts look ok and measures are correct 95% of the times. And those little mistakes re recoverable as we are using a Prusa i3 now to make 3D printed parts as well. 3D printed parts are much lighter and strong enough, so, wish us luck, while thousands of man-hours to finish the project.
3D printed parts, Servo horns and Li-Ion holder.
Paymaan.
Pilots wanna leave towards space,
people wanna leave the earth and fly,
dolphins wanna leave the ocean and become people,
We are never satisfied of our environments, we never feel free.
Paymaan.
My Beloved dad.
It’s been a month since my dad passed away (2nd Feb 2015), and I guess I can’t believe it yet, or maybe I do not want to. He was full of life, and never complained. 30 years elder than me, still he was much stronger, kind at the same time, and finished every work he started.
All I can do is to appreciate everything he taught me, and all of great things he did for all of the family. God bless your soul dad.
Paymaan.
This semester, I have been so honored to be studying under one the best academics, Professor Dr. Hassan Zohoor of Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A man so talented and at the same time so humble I don’t even believe how lucky I have been to be able to learn from him.
Right before the Persian Calendar’s New Year 1392 starts a couple of hours ago, I was thinking what if people get used to texting and remote communication in hundreds of year that they forget talking and listening?
Thousands of years ago, human beings could not talk at all, as we now. But back then at first they didn’t have such a need. And as we all know human beings can’t do telepathy or things like that. So they invented speech and developed it into languages.
Now, people have developed other sorts of communications. Internet, texting, reading, etc. etc. And as we all know, texting has found its place in today’s culture that it almost has blocked other means. And we learn most things through watching and reading.
So, I am thinking, what if people go even worse than this in a few decades or centuries and speech system loses its place. Then the languages will be weakened, like many dialects have been extinct in the past century. As speech is lost, and as telepathy doesn’t exist (yet). What will really happen say in a couple of centuries? Even if human gets implanted wireless communication chips?
Think about it, the future might not what we always think, Just envision a world where people don’t see each other much, don’t talk to each other much, instead they send messages, read books online or through embedded communication chips inside their bodies and so on. Will speech be extinct someday?
Paymaan.
Nothing special, just that I am back to school after more than a decade, in the same university as before (IAUS) and for a M.Sc. Eng. in Mechatronics. It is in the same direction I headed before, so most of my work will be the same. Just thought to update everybody about this.
Paymaan.
Back in the 90’s, One of my hobbies was to create 3D models and 3D animations, it was the latest trend and well I really liked it.
I believe I started with software like Real3D and Imagine, maybe even a little of TurboSilver. Computers were slow and It would take a lot to render quality images to make acceptable animation, but the result was stunning and I could take the pain of waiting for it to render for hours even days. I guess also the habit of me never turning my computers off started there, My Amiga was always working and rendering so I didn’t turn it off, and then I never turned any other computers of mine off, they work year around, and now that there are messengers and web2 apps etc. around, there is always a reason to keep it on 🙂
Back then I made a few demo animations, a leather sofa model (which really got attention from around) and a really successful TV commercial for a giant supermarket chain. I also used 3D software to cover my non-creativity. I am really not a creative person I guess, and maybe that is the reason I never entered music market. I draw sketches, a lot of them, and I am good at designing them, even for a few years I draw Manga, but it wasn’t artistic at all. So I used 3D imaging software to create the graphics I needed.
So I believe there is a fine line between creative drawing and composing and even film making and technical versions of these. I almost design and draw and paint and illustrate and direct all graphics and art I need for my web design work (or whatever else, even designing graphics on my PCBs) but never considered them artistic.
And after everybody rushed in the 3D animation market, I jumped to another hobby, say first university and coding and the rest is history. Technology changed and I didn’t like any of the 3D software anymore. I felt lost in them. complex stupid UI’s with a ton of unusual things to learn every time you touch a software, and thousands to pay for each. I stayed on designing embedded hardware, crafts, web sites etc. etc.
Then I have a lot of time spending on social networks, and specially after my heart attack, I feel to create more. more than 2 decades and never entering music world, I feel like doing it. I feel like sketching even more, and I really want to enter and goof around 3D modelling. So, tried a little search for most popular ones, and decided to try Blender. It seems much like Maya, so I would have less problems understanding it, possibly 🙂
Maybe I lose the interest in a few days, or maybe I design my sketches in 3D afterwards, I don’t know. You too just find something and get the hell out of FB and Twitter and Linkedin and whatever else consuming your creative time. Right NOW I mean!
Paymaan.
