Category: MASTERS

July 2024 Bulk Update

A kitchen sink post. Gotta ❤ them. Thank you so much for your attention. Share if you like what the GOATs have done over the past months!

GOAT CONF ONE

  • Gathering of Aspiring Technologists (GOAT): https://therealgoat.club
  • Had a symposium + hackathon July 20th — Over 50 attended!
  • Thanks to our core GOATS (VOLUNTEERS): Brannon, Matt, Renan
  • Filmed event. Thank you so much Meagan at http://studio2215.com/
  • Ready to start editing then releasing content early August (tentative)

Silicon Graphics Rabbit Hole

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  • IRIX 6.5 is in the house
  • 2 Machines in functional order. One demos, one needs some ‘dd’ command action in terminal (do you know what a SCSI drive is?)
  • I will never let these machines out of my collection.

Leaving Qualcomm

  • I will miss working will all of the brilliant people there. 3 Technology Nodes, 2 Companies, TDK->QUALCOMM… I like the stock!
  • Thank you to all those worldwide who reached out.

Finishing the Master’s Degree

  • Deep Learning this fall with Renan
  • Graduation expected Fall ’25. Thesis option is goal!
  • GOAT + CRASH = RDL

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Wayback machine has me in 1999! Pretty much same services, but focusing more on applied engineering and product development. I wish it had the images. I have them on an old HD somewhere, I’m sure 🙂

If you want to book some time with the one man show:

The Band

  • Learning bass from a bluegrass legend Kenny
  • Headed back to camp next year!

A serious band practices 4 days a week

Kurt K

Next Week, We Build

So as a semi-unemployed individual, I have a new project is brewing. The Robot Development Lab (RDL) will launch in August of 2024. We will begin accepting applications at GOAT CONF ONE!

We need a multi-disciplinary team and will start with smaller robots and simulated robots before we move you on to the big leagues of programming the real robot dog:

More Details to Follow 😉

We need funding for spare robot parts and renting the studio space required to program dog properly. Please consider becoming a gold sponsor of GOAT CONF or buying sticker on the dog! 500 per joint per year:

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AR4 Robotic Arm Build

In this post I will be summarizing the build of the Annin Robotics AR4 Robotic Arm. Last semester I started my Masters in Science from University of West Florida and my focus is in Robotics. In the Introduction to Robotics course the student must build or procure an arm and perform some tasks with it.

I’ve built a toy arm before and I decided it was time to build a “real” arm. The AR4 is quite an investment, but the results of millimeter repeatability and a 2kg payload make it an excellent kit if you have the skills and time to build it.

Unsurprising the build of this robot took the most effort. Currently the arm is sitting in garage awaiting me adding another axis and building a CNC table…

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