ThinBot Update -- Make Blog
Mar. 8th, 2012 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kprocheI haven't had time yet to write up the awesome (and intense) event that was BarBot 2012.
ThinBot performed very well, and got many kudos from the crowd and the other 'bot makers. Based on its performance Friday night, I did a quick update to the pouring software Saturday morning, and we had to field swap one pump head in the middle of Saturday night (15-20 mins downtime, max). Other than that, even with the "Emergency Holographic Pumps" it went pretty smoothly.
We were mentioned (with photos and video) by name in the Make Blog review of the event, so for the moment I'll point you at that:
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/drinking-in-at-barbot-sf-2012/
Scroll down and look for ThinBot!
(Note for the future: it doesn't matter how fab your 'bot is when all that's left is the cheap booze. The drinks won't taste as good)
ThinBot performed very well, and got many kudos from the crowd and the other 'bot makers. Based on its performance Friday night, I did a quick update to the pouring software Saturday morning, and we had to field swap one pump head in the middle of Saturday night (15-20 mins downtime, max). Other than that, even with the "Emergency Holographic Pumps" it went pretty smoothly.
We were mentioned (with photos and video) by name in the Make Blog review of the event, so for the moment I'll point you at that:
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/drinking-in-at-barbot-sf-2012/
Scroll down and look for ThinBot!
(Note for the future: it doesn't matter how fab your 'bot is when all that's left is the cheap booze. The drinks won't taste as good)
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Date: 2012-03-09 12:52 am (UTC)I have one suggestion, mostly based on how beautiful the ThinBot is, and that would be to build an input panel worthy of the rest of the device - and big enough to read from a few feet away - something about the size of a Kindle, maybe.
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Date: 2012-03-09 01:05 am (UTC)One advantage of the little touchscreen is that it plugs directly into the Arduino Mega board. The entire control system, except for the power relays, is all right there in that box. Plus it only cost 50 bucks. Twice, when I cracked the first one :-)
Besides, *everybody* was going for fancy tablet control at the show (yes, I exaggerate). Having a simple interface proved useful as the evening got drunker on Saturday.
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