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These are the adventures of the Mustard Tiger software development team.
Their ongoing mission: To boldly do whatever they feel like!
Work In Progress
Published by Peter on June 12 2019
The Shape Sifter is alive!
For the first time ever, all of the components are functioning togther, and the machine now actually works! In the videos below, you can see the it in action:
You may notice that it has two limitations currently.
First, the conveyor belt is too wide so parts don't always . . .
Buckle Your Belts 2: Electric Boogaloo
By Peter on April 4th, 2018
All of the major components of our Lego Sorting Machine have reached the proof of concept stage, so the mission for the last two months has been replacing prototype hardware components with parts that are production ready. After the recent completion of the camera and light-box overhaul, it was time to focus on the belt buckle.
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Lights! Camera! Action!
We have more LEDS, a better camera mount, and new object detection software. By Peter on Feb 22, 2019
If you're not up to speed on the sorting machine project, check out my introduction article. It explains the mad engineering challenge of building a Lego sorting machine using a neural network.
Jamie and I have been very busy since the start of 2019. We have a lot to show off in the coming weeks! We've been very busy rebuilding . . .
The miracle of life
By Peter on November 24, 2018
It's alive!
As you can see in the video, we finally have a working prototype! There is much to do still, but that hasn't stopped me laughing like a lunatic and running around the house shouting at everyone. We currently have two air jets hooked up to shoot parts into bins. The pressure is kinda weak, so we're going to get smaller . . .
The SUIP Kitchen
The SUIP Kitchen
I started work on the GUI for the sorting machine this past week. The GUI for the server has been code-named SUIP; "Sorting User Interface Program". It runs as it's own process, so it's decoupled from the server. If one crashes, the other keeps running. I have some clever ideas for crash handling that a . . .
Some Assembly Required
By Peter on Sept 18, 2018
Some Assembly Required
A few weeks ago, I began work on the software which will drive the sorting machine. Previously, we had experimented with neural networks (more on that in a future post) and written the software for the conveyor belt controller (The Belt Buckle). The software we're discussing today are the different parts needed to . . .
Buckle Your Belts
By Peter on 2018 July 29
Buckle your belts!
We hit a milestone last weekend! The Belt Buckle is now in a functional alpha state!
"But Pete, what does that even mean?"
Well, it means that we now have basic functionality, no crippling bugs, and it's possible for the Belt Buckle to perform it's task as we expect it to. It's . . .
