poodlesrule
November 6th, 2012, 03:43 AM
Yesterday, I met my new best friend, "Kuka" the industrial robot, which administers a highly focused spot radiation, first session of five, 45 minutes each...
Freaky as can be is all I can say....!
It really is an industrial robot, like you see painting cars, or welding stuff on assembly lines (search for Kuka robot for visuals, mine is white), with a radiation head the size of huge suitase at the end of its arm.
Six axii of rotation, almost perfectly silent. It goes about its business of positioning itself very precisely at various angles, including one where a good chuck if it is over you... At some point, you can't help but think "I hope the control software isn't going to crash and reboot the thing..!"
You almost expect the thing to start attempting a dialog, with flashing lights and odd music.. like an curious alien creature that picked you up (Hi there, I am from Apha Centauri. You..?)
I think I will try to whisper some compliment to the thing to see if it really is capable of emotion...
BTW, this could well buy me a sizable amount of time before having to go to the next level of therapy, a good excuse for considering getting more music gear...!
Freaky as can be is all I can say....!
It really is an industrial robot, like you see painting cars, or welding stuff on assembly lines (search for Kuka robot for visuals, mine is white), with a radiation head the size of huge suitase at the end of its arm.
Six axii of rotation, almost perfectly silent. It goes about its business of positioning itself very precisely at various angles, including one where a good chuck if it is over you... At some point, you can't help but think "I hope the control software isn't going to crash and reboot the thing..!"
You almost expect the thing to start attempting a dialog, with flashing lights and odd music.. like an curious alien creature that picked you up (Hi there, I am from Apha Centauri. You..?)
I think I will try to whisper some compliment to the thing to see if it really is capable of emotion...
BTW, this could well buy me a sizable amount of time before having to go to the next level of therapy, a good excuse for considering getting more music gear...!