Category Archives: Robotics; Notes

Robotics; Notes 09 and 10 — A Change of Plans

Robotics; Notes,

I’m back from vacation! I’ll slowly be catching up over the next week or two. I’ll continue to combine episodes into single posts depending on how much I have to say.

Finally Akiho realizes how dumb giant humanoid robots with human pilots are. I could have told her that in the first episode, but oh well. She still seems to be under the illusion that a giant humanoid robot without a human pilot is a good idea, but we’re slowly heading in the right direction, it seems. I do appreciate this show’s turn towards realism! (Why am I saying this regarding the episode where a magnetic monopole randomly falls out of the sky? Well, whatever. That’s the type of sci-fi I can accept.)

The funniest part is that even after building this giant robot, the legs of this robot has wheels. So this robot won’t be traversing any rough terrain or be able to regain its balance. The only potential advantages of a legged robot are completely nullified. There was absolutely no point in making it a humanoid robot, it was solely to replicate the robot from the anime. Continue reading Robotics; Notes 09 and 10 — A Change of Plans →

Robotics; Notes 07 — Becoming a Man with the Right Stuff a.k.a. the Rocket, and Ranting about Translation

Robotics; Notes,

After reading Gravity’s Rainbow I will never be able to see rockets the same way again… then again, the comment following the rocket launch pretty much demands that I interpret it that way. Continue reading Robotics; Notes 07 — Becoming a Man with the Right Stuff a.k.a. the Rocket, and Ranting about Translation →