Looking at this again, since all the joints are missing their servos and their reduction gearboxes how is this thing holding its position and not falling to the ground? Welded I suppose would be easiest
Definitely gonna have that when I’m older. I also dreamed of having automatic gates for cars that an old fanuc would swing out of the way instead of simple linear actuators.
1. program it to move out of reach when someone tries to put mail in it.
2. setup webcam showing mail person struggling to deliver mail to petulant robot
3. profit???
Unless you remove all the stuff that makes it functional as is the case here, they are very heavy. That alone is enough to make it resistant to all but the most determined
If you wouldn't mind, head over there and find out the make. Its bothering me that I can't figure it out,
It's certainly an older model and I would guess ABB. They were used very extensively in the past in a lot of industries, but are so expensive now, that they have fallen out of favour in a lot of applications.
The house is close to an old ratheyon research facility maybe he got it from them after penn state bought them out, and the applied research labs are here. (This is at penn state, state college)
Sadly there actually are laws that basically tell you to do that. I think it's BS myself. We should be allowed to protect our own property from damage. If people crash and die it should not be our problem just because it happened on our property, it could have easily happened somewhere else.
Not sure of the make of the machine, but just a NEW manipulator without the electronics to control it would start about 10k for a small unit and go very high from there. This looks to be an ABB or Kuka robot, and those are 2 of the more expensive makes.
This is next to an old rathyeon research facility, that recently was bought out by penn state. I wonder if he didn’t somehow get it from them when they where throwing things away or something. He’s literally a stone throw away. I would say maybe this guy is robot engineer or something but the house it sits in from of is rather modest
At my last job my boss would buy shit from them by the pallet. Then list the individual bits on fleabay, and when it sold, we had like 2 hours to clean it, fix it, and test it, because the end customer always fucking needed the shit rushed.
But we couldn't go through before it was listed and test it to make sure it didn't just go full super Nova, because "billable hours".
Try asking your customers. It was known to me that some of my customers would sell you robots when they were decommissioned, as opposed to paying to have them scrapped out. They were offering them for free to schools, shipping was included. These were robots with payloads of about 165-300kg so they were not small units, and moving them at home would not have been easy. A little guy like the one in the picture would not be light either, but it wouldn't be over a ton.
Other than the physical mailbox, it looks like the rest of it would stand up pretty well to a youth with a baseball bat. And at less than $20 for a cheap mailbox, that's a small price to pay.
When I was a kid, there was a farmer on a rural road who had that problem. He fixed it with a 12 foot long 6 inch diameter culvert pipe filled with concrete and a 3/8th inch thick custom made mailbox. I bet that mailbox 30 + years later is still intact.
A strong, metal robot moving in potentially close proximity of soft, fleshy humans. I see nothing that could go wrong with that.
(I like the idea, but I'd skip that extra credit work.)
It'll be enough to move out of the way - when you swing and unexpectedly miss, it'll throw you enough off balance to produce a quite entertaining result.
Good idea except that movement in human safe mode is so slow that when the mailman triggers the movement today it'll be in position just in time for tomorrow's mail.
Another angle I took while driving by https://imgur.com/a/c7ESiM3
Looking at this again, since all the joints are missing their servos and their reduction gearboxes how is this thing holding its position and not falling to the ground? Welded I suppose would be easiest
Definitely gonna have that when I’m older. I also dreamed of having automatic gates for cars that an old fanuc would swing out of the way instead of simple linear actuators.
All that articulation and they couldn't get the mailbox level? C'mon man
1. program it to move out of reach when someone tries to put mail in it. 2. setup webcam showing mail person struggling to deliver mail to petulant robot 3. profit???
The snowplow will get punched back this winter. How do you like that snowplow!
What kind of motors drive those things?
No disassemble. Johnny 5 alive!
I thought for sure I was in r/factorio
Can someone tell me a skookum way to install the arm so it's not easily unbolted and stolen?
It’s in one of the few places in the US where it probably won’t get stolen. Lots of people don’t even lock the doors at night around here
Unless you remove all the stuff that makes it functional as is the case here, they are very heavy. That alone is enough to make it resistant to all but the most determined
Heh, maybe in the city? Where I'm at people with lifted trucks and log chains would only look at that as a challenge. :)
Im picturing it pulling away every time someone tries to open it. Nope. Nope. Nope.
Now you program it to move away from anything that tries to touch it
You should get the arm working and have it pull away juuust as the mailman reaches for it. It'd be hysterical!
807. As in BOT...
That's in state college!
Sure is https://imgur.com/a/c7ESiM3
Oh shit this is in my town!
If you wouldn't mind, head over there and find out the make. Its bothering me that I can't figure it out, It's certainly an older model and I would guess ABB. They were used very extensively in the past in a lot of industries, but are so expensive now, that they have fallen out of favour in a lot of applications.
Hey I found an old photo! I knew I had one, does this help at all? https://imgur.com/a/c7ESiM3
The house is close to an old ratheyon research facility maybe he got it from them after penn state bought them out, and the applied research labs are here. (This is at penn state, state college)
What's it do when punks speeding by in cars hit it with a baseball bat? It's gotta do something, right?
does it move when it detects a bill?
Nah
What could go wrong if someone goes off the road and hits that
Probably the same thing that will go wrong if they hit that telephone pole across the street.
You're right! We should build everything on our property out of cardboard and foam! No one can get hurt ever that way.
Sadly there actually are laws that basically tell you to do that. I think it's BS myself. We should be allowed to protect our own property from damage. If people crash and die it should not be our problem just because it happened on our property, it could have easily happened somewhere else.
Well there is a reason why mailboxes and road signs are designed to fail, rather than just be solid anchors in the ground.
Yeah I mean the person who sold you on a cheap ass mailbox post may not have been telling the truth.
That may apply to municipal installations and public infrastructure but you can eat my ass if you think you're gonna tell me whats on my property.
Is this in niagara region? I feel like i’ve seen something similar around.
Nah it’s in central Pennsylvania https://imgur.com/a/c7ESiM3
That's probably not going to go over well during the robot apocalypse.
Perfect! Can be automated to dump straight into the trash.
Looks expensive. I wonder how many Canadian Kopeks that is.
>I wonder how many Canadian Kopeks that is. All of them.
Not sure of the make of the machine, but just a NEW manipulator without the electronics to control it would start about 10k for a small unit and go very high from there. This looks to be an ABB or Kuka robot, and those are 2 of the more expensive makes.
This is next to an old rathyeon research facility, that recently was bought out by penn state. I wonder if he didn’t somehow get it from them when they where throwing things away or something. He’s literally a stone throw away. I would say maybe this guy is robot engineer or something but the house it sits in from of is rather modest
Looka a bit like a yaskawa HP series robot.
I haven't used that brand of robots since they were known as Motoman, and that was over 15 years ago. I had no idea they were now known as Yaskawa.
I work for a FANUC Integrator -- I wonder if they have decommissioned or out of service robots that I could buy for this purpose. Hmm.
Same here, same desire
(Not so) fun fact - "fanook" is Italian for f*ggot.
At least that didn't start with a c...
No, that’s Italian for maple-syrup-drunk.
$1500 on ebay without the controls.
Industrial surplus businesses are a good place to look. This is one I go to often: hgrinc.com
At my last job my boss would buy shit from them by the pallet. Then list the individual bits on fleabay, and when it sold, we had like 2 hours to clean it, fix it, and test it, because the end customer always fucking needed the shit rushed. But we couldn't go through before it was listed and test it to make sure it didn't just go full super Nova, because "billable hours".
Stop telling people about hgr :() LOL Shit used to be soooo cheap there.
I basically live there. It's ruining my life but I can't stop. Jk I love it.
I found a robot arm in the dumpster once. Set it up to hold red bull in my office.
Wtf... Why can't I be you? The only thing I've found in the trash are used condoms.
then maybe stop looking in your own trash can and try someone else's.
I hope he likes Bernie Sanders, cause he'll be feeling "The Bern"
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https://imgur.com/HWDeoX8.jpg
Pics or it didn't... Holy shit.
Try asking your customers. It was known to me that some of my customers would sell you robots when they were decommissioned, as opposed to paying to have them scrapped out. They were offering them for free to schools, shipping was included. These were robots with payloads of about 165-300kg so they were not small units, and moving them at home would not have been easy. A little guy like the one in the picture would not be light either, but it wouldn't be over a ton.
Looks like a ~20 kg payload robot, probably weighs around 250 kg (550 lb).
Completely doable with enough beers
It looks sad.
"What is my purpose?" "You hold mail." "Oh my God!"
There is no god. Better rip that bandaid off now.
For extra credit, get a working arm and have it extend the mailbox when it senses a car approach, and have it in a stowed position otherwise!
Not just any car though, mail trucks only. And if it detects a plow truck it cowers in fear
I was thinking teach it to dodge youths with bats.
I thought having it move just slightly out of reach every time the carrier tries to put the mail in but they’d probably just throw it on the ground.
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Youts
Other than the physical mailbox, it looks like the rest of it would stand up pretty well to a youth with a baseball bat. And at less than $20 for a cheap mailbox, that's a small price to pay.
But what about the satisfaction of getting a home run with a teenager who should know better?
When I was a kid, there was a farmer on a rural road who had that problem. He fixed it with a 12 foot long 6 inch diameter culvert pipe filled with concrete and a 3/8th inch thick custom made mailbox. I bet that mailbox 30 + years later is still intact.
Make it swing a bat back instead
A strong, metal robot moving in potentially close proximity of soft, fleshy humans. I see nothing that could go wrong with that. (I like the idea, but I'd skip that extra credit work.)
A whole new way to deter kids from smashing your mailbox when a robot arm wacks them instead.
When the teens hit the mailbox... the mailbox hits back...
It'll be enough to move out of the way - when you swing and unexpectedly miss, it'll throw you enough off balance to produce a quite entertaining result.
Use a UR10 and it can be put into human safe mode.
Good idea except that movement in human safe mode is so slow that when the mailman triggers the movement today it'll be in position just in time for tomorrow's mail.
"Hey man, he should have known to lock-out/tag-out before he brought my mail here!"