Robot load testing. This has been running for 6 hours with a 10lb payload. So far so good

i did a lot of load tests on refurbs. one thing we used to do was pause at certain positions for 10 seconds or so, the pause-and-hold turns a dynamic payload run into a static stiffness, continuous-torque, and stability check.

Will add. The guys are working on a routine for accelerated aging of the robots. We need trash these things to see what breaks

6 hours is just the warm up

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Can it handle worst-case poses?

We’ll find out soon

@ctrlssh How much bending are you seeing in those machined links at full extension?

@ctrlssh Yet to be measured under full payload

Gotta get those reps in

Rosie working out 💪🏽

Got to get those reps in

now that's an arm 🦾

we need to scale projects like this 100x and have dark factories building parts autonomously. China already has factories like that, but what would it take for you to 5x or 10x the arms trying different weighs and different angular movements, to speed up the process?

10lbs for 6 hours is a real stress test

Looks great, and quiet!

Looking so good

Wow no thermal throttling on the lower joints? Or do you wait for cooldown etc?

It’s still running now. Temps are good. This is very conservative speed and load. We’ll see how it does full speed, full load

My baby yam arm would overheat within 10 minutes of this experiment 😂 had to add cooling wait times for the lower joints.

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6 hours with 10lb and still going strong 👏 Long boring load tests like this are where the hidden issues show up

robot hypertrophy

Are those 5 pounders? More like 15 with the bar & nuts.