http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/ en-us Copyright 2007 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:48:52 -0500 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:44:11 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/11/automated_biogr.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/11/automated_biogr.html Inside Out Life Story Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:48:52 -0500 1. The Back story Click to view larger image The Dimension BST is a great machine. It’s in the small-company price range and capable of producing functional prototypes with just a little post-build finishing and assembly. For exhibition or theatrical... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/cleaningup_a_lo.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/cleaningup_a_lo.html OpenLab Hardware Tutorials Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:52:31 -0500 The following text gives step-by-step instructions how to make an LED circuit with conductive fabric, thread and epoxy embedded into a denim pocket. This was the topic of the workshop we presented at Eyebeam in July, 2005. LessEMF - Source... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/pocket_workshop.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/pocket_workshop.html Misc Lablog Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:22:50 -0500 This post is the step by step how-to instructions for building our first generation robotic arm (from the wrist to the shoulder). This entry includes zipped design files ready to be augmented or printed on a 3D printer, part pictures,... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/big_humanoid_ar.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/08/big_humanoid_ar.html Arm Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:20:20 -0500 We just finished our creative capital grant application. It was funny to see all the artist running to the Creative Capital office in NYC at 4:45PM...just shy of the 5PM deadline. Everyone looked real tired, like they had been awake... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/07/creative_capita.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/07/creative_capita.html Inside Out Life Story Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:39:11 -0500 James and I took a break from IOLS last weekend to participate in the Get Your Guts in Gear bike ride for Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. The ride is intended to spread awareness of these diseases and to raise... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/06/get_your_guts_i.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/06/get_your_guts_i.html Crohn's Disease Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:10:46 -0500 On June 7th, we invited Brett Klisch to make a mold of James's head. Brett was assisted by Michael DeFeo. Brett wil document this process soon. So for now just look at the pictures and try to hang on to... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/06/casting_jamess.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/06/casting_jamess.html Skin Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:54:51 -0500 I made a rudimentary class diagram. I checked in with a coworker and he said that my design makes sense. I'm not exactly sure how to get the correct format in ArgoUML. Basically, actuators make up components like arms and... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/class_diagram.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/class_diagram.html Software Tue, 24 May 2005 21:14:44 -0500 I am trying to design the robot control software. I have never designed anything this complex before so I am starting simple. I wrote some basic code in Eclipse and then imported it into Argo UML to see the class... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/uml_software_an.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/uml_software_an.html Software Sat, 21 May 2005 15:41:31 -0500 Ok. So this will be an evolving step-by-step tutorial that will explain, for those of you who own your very own Dimension BST 3D Printer or have access to Eyebeam's 3D Printer how to print out a part in ABS... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/3d_printer_tuto.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/3d_printer_tuto.html 3D Printer Sun, 15 May 2005 22:31:50 -0500 Today's chapter in the Design Patterns book is about the observer pattern. The Observer Pattern defines a one-to-many dependency between object so that when one object changes state, all of its dependents are notified and updated automatically. This pattern seems... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/the_observer_pa.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/the_observer_pa.html Software Wed, 11 May 2005 21:26:01 -0500 I just read the first chapter of Head First Design Patterns. Since we are writing the program in Java, I might as well learn some Design Patterns to help development. Design Patterns are a set of solutions to problems that... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/design_patterns.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/05/design_patterns.html Software Mon, 09 May 2005 13:42:12 -0500 http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/open_studios.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/open_studios.html Misc Lablog Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:42:34 -0500 I am designing the software for InsideOut in Java. James usually uses C code with some C++ libraries for this kind of project. I feel more comfortable working in Java and I think the robots are suited to object-oriented design.... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/setting_up_a_ja.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/setting_up_a_ja.html Software Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:47:56 -0500 The arm and body R&D has been a learning experience. 13 days went by fast. We have been doing research since March so we had some idea what size characters we wanted. Michelle leans toward the miniature and I keep... http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/arm_rd_entry_1.html http://www.robotclothes.com/insideout/archives/2005/04/arm_rd_entry_1.html Arm Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:48:43 -0500