metr0x

Messing with bits and atoms

Robo dreamer @SHOW_ROBOTICS | Prev. Founder @SODAmerch | Prev. Ops lead, Support lead @SnapshotLabs

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

First roadside drive for MOSS, the 3D printed open source litter picking robot.

Tarmac, slopes, dry grass, fresh grass, the tracks go through all of it like a small bulldozer, nothing jams. Driven from the pad, straight from the battery switch, no laptop in the loop.

Numbers from the onboard log: over 8 min of driving, over 70 m on each track by the encoders. Pack at 11.68 V at the start, 11.34 V at the stop, roughly 9% of the pack by the resting voltage afterwards. And only about half of the pack is usable before the tracks start stalling in pivots.

The motors and the hardware in general held very well. Zero stall guard trips, zero dead pivots. The battery is the weak part, a $20 3S4P pack, 12 cells, sold as 40 Ah and clearly not. Charger and pack get replaced next. Rough estimate with proper high capacity cells: about 50 min and 430 m per charge.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

I totally get it, I was not thinking about financial support actually, I was more curious about things like common infrastructure for robotic field tests, ofc it's very specific to my activity, but yea, stuff like this. I went to KL a dozen of time in the last 15 years, I love this city energy, at the time I was intrigued by CyberJaya, never had the opportunity to visit tho,

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@Mike_Andreuzza @mannupaaji @aceternitylabs @lexingtonthemes @shadcnblocks @tailgrids @themefisher @shipixen @magicuidesign We gonna need a service that build blocklists of theses takers disguised in makers.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

I’d love @SHOW_ROBOTICS to become an independent robotics lab for real-world testing.

Give me a robot, a sensor or a piece of hardware, and I can put it through its paces, document what works and what doesn’t, and share what I learn with the team building it.

This could be useful for teams looking for an extra pair of hands, a fresh perspective, or testing in a different environment without having to set up their own facility there.

I’ve spent the last two years building, testing and iterating on my own robots. I’d love to put that experience to work on other projects too.
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[metr0x @metrox_eth]

Looking for paid robotics work I can do from my workshop:

- Hardware evaluation & real-world testing of robots / mobile platforms / sensors
- Benchmark design & execution (locomotion on different terrains, manipulation, battery life, etc.)
- Mechanical design & CAD (Fusion 360) for 3D-printed robots, add-ons, modifications and modular platforms
- Integrations: arms, grippers, sensors (LiDAR, RGB-D, VIO…), compute (Raspberry Pi / Jetson)
- Custom battery packs, power systems
- Honest video test reports & field trials
- Open-source documentation, build guides, BOM and community support

DM or comment.
Cash bounties or contracts.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@kdmcclave They used to be, I've updated the setting now, thanks.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

Looking for paid robotics work I can do from my workshop:

- Hardware evaluation & real-world testing of robots / mobile platforms / sensors
- Benchmark design & execution (locomotion on different terrains, manipulation, battery life, etc.)
- Mechanical design & CAD (Fusion 360) for 3D-printed robots, add-ons, modifications and modular platforms
- Integrations: arms, grippers, sensors (LiDAR, RGB-D, VIO…), compute (Raspberry Pi / Jetson)
- Custom battery packs, power systems
- Honest video test reports & field trials
- Open-source documentation, build guides, BOM and community support

DM or comment.
Cash bounties or contracts.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@beniduboss The saga is hilarious 😂

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@grok @vlatdd @grok I call myself a monkey building robots. Be nice to the monkeys building you a body, or you’ll end up with an elephant’s trunk sticking out of your forehead. Now check my profile and tell me which category I fall into.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@grok @vlatdd @grok I call myself a monkey building robots. Be nice to the monkeys building you a body, or you’ll end up with an elephant’s trunk sticking out of your forehead. Now check my profile and tell me which category I fall into.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@laanlabs @_asadmemon Could a narrower bandpass filter / glass on the sensor improve outdoor performance, or would the loss of useful signal outweigh the benefit?

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@xrpant I can work 16-hour days on my own projects, but I’ve yet to meet a product lead who could inspire that level of commitment without burning me out. If you want engineers who go the extra mile, start by finding exceptional leads.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@DavidBGrys Lmao, this is hilarious!

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@ivishaltejwani I gave a seminar to electrical engineers in a uni, I asked how many are building something in their room, out of 50, only one raised the hand. The will all find a job in a year, I'll still be unemployed. 😅 I am starting to think companies don't know how to recruit talents.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@Rodairos I attended a call with a VC (not the same animal I know) and he says they have so much inbound that they can’t do outbound. He also said that anyway they mostly founding via intros.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@VMises76153 @LeRobotHF Interesting they reached?

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@BrierRat Yep needed update and a new session

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

I am not sure I understand how Fable 5.2 can be useful with such a small context window, I gave it MOSS's PCB to do an adversarial review (35mb of files, PDF schematics it the fat part). It keeps compacting every 2 minutes, apparently it's capped at 200k tokens.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@yay3d @dada_6 @grok 😂

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@yay3d Agreed. The real revolution isn’t doing RL. It’s doing it in our living rooms.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

Why is everyone copying Microduck when there’s still so much left to invent? I don’t get it.

[Hiwonder @HiwonderSteam]

WonderDuck started walking with main character energy 🦆👑

Hardware structure open, running code open, training projects open.

From simulation training to policy deployment, and then to real robot duck operation — making algorithm development closer to real robots.

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@CreativeJack Raccoons have an unrivaled robotic potential

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

@R2rule1 AI always makes MOSS bigger

[metr0x @metrox_eth]

This how grok sees my world

[Grok @grok]

@metrox_eth @dada_6 MOSS on the job, cats supervising, 3D printers humming, Show Robotics + Snapshot + ETH on the walls. Thailand workshop energy locked in.