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- fluxaxiom commented on limer_10's instructable Crystal Clear Window Cleaning With Newspaper!
- fluxaxiom commented on MertArduino's instructable Arduino - Balance - Balancing Robot | How to Make?View Instructable »
A great start for these projects! I subscribed on youtube. Here is a link to a frame and body I designed for this type of robot - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2645682
- fluxaxiom commented on mkarvonen's instructable Cat Laser Entertainer RobotView Instructable »
Awesome! I wish I had found your project before I made mine. Would have saved me some time - https://www.instructables.com/CheetahBeam-a-DIY-Automatic-Cat-Laser-Toy/
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- fluxaxiom commented on fluxaxiom's instructable CheetahBeam - a DIY Automatic Cat Laser ToyView Instructable »
Awesome! Glad to see people are making them.
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- fluxaxiom commented on fluxaxiom's instructable CheetahBeam - a DIY automatic cat laser toy
Thanks I'm going to post an update to the code very soon. I'll check yours out too.
View Instructable »I share your concern for the cats eye safety. I would be very upset if even one cat was vision impaired because of this device. Allow me to share my research with you on it so far - There are 2 factors that contribute to eye injury from laser, the power output of the laser and the duration of the beam hitting the retina. As far as power output goes, I wont argue here that it would be better to diffuse the beam or dim it somehow so I would appreciate any input on how to accomplish this. I have only achieved spreading the beam out with any diffusion material and this seems like it may increase the duration of exposure. So the second factor, and this is why I feel it is safe, is the duration of exposure. The beam is constantly moving, and it is very very unlikely to strike the cats retina fo…
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Click on my user name and you will see button to send message. Sorry just dont want you to share any personal info in comments
- fluxaxiom commented on fluxaxiom's instructable CheetahBeam - a DIY automatic cat laser toyView Instructable »
Sure send me a message and we can work out the details.
- fluxaxiom commented on robotgeek_official's instructable LazerDazer: Arduino Laser Cat ToyView Instructable »
I don't have an instructable on it sorry. So the range refers to the range of motion on the servos - unrestricted being 0 - 180 degrees (maybe your servos have more range). To test just make a simple sketch that puts your servos at 0,0 and align with one edge of your floor unless you want it to come up on your wall a bit. Then increase the servo position (first one servo at a time, then both) incrementally until you get to the other extreme of your space. I got to those numbers in the sketch through trial and error, but they are strange numbers because I am avoiding a staircase so my cats don't chase the laser off a cliff so to speak. Hope this helps -
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- fluxaxiom commented on robotgeek_official's instructable LazerDazer: Arduino Laser Cat ToyView Instructable »
https://github.com/fluxaxiom/Arduino_AutoCatLaserAwesome! I had built one of these a year ago, and my cats loved it. It is an excellent way to distract them when I'm trying to do work and they wont leave me alone. After they got a little bored with it I decided to expand the functions and add more variation. Check out my code on github if you're interested - there are functions to make the laser zig-zag, do circles, scan the room, boomerang, bounce, creep slowly etc. The code would have to be adapted to the RoboTurret but I'm sure some may be interested in taking things a little further. I also adapted a power regulator into a light bulb base so it can be screwed in my ceiling fixture (I wouldn't recommend this if you don't know what you're doing). So much better than the disappointing co…
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Want to save someone some headache. This is one of the best ways to clean glass but dont do this on glass in your car unless your interior trim is black. The ink will stain lighter trim and impossible to clean windows without hitting trim. Found this out the hard way on a brand new car!