CSS Transitions At Work
While working at Epic Systems I had the opportunity to review a lot of new user interfaces we developed. Sometimes I had the opportunity to go in and improve these.…
Inverse Kinematics Math For A 2D Robotic Arm
An N-Jointed Arm is a robotic arm that is made up of N number of joints and N number of lengths, with each joint followed by a length.
Inverse Kinematics is the process of finding the needed rotation of each joint in a robotic arm given the lengths of each arm segment and the desired position of the arm’s end effector.
This post describes the math behind finding an inverse kinematics solution for a robotic arm with any number of joints. The context of this post is in a two-dimensional space.
Updating The Embedded Code In A Balancing Robot
I took one of my past Arduino projects and updated the code to work directly with the underlying architecture on an ATmega328P. The project was originally controlled by code that utilized various Arduino libraries. I rewrote the code to use avr-libc, a C library for the AVR family of microcontrollers.
Designing An Online Chatting Application
I developed a web-based chat application where multiple people can communicate through text over the internet for an open-ended website development final project in college.
You can try out this chat program, hosted at kimpampusch.tech/chat.
Remembering FRC: The 2015 Season
“The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year’s game that weigh up to 125 pounds (57 kg). Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls into goals, placing inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars, and balancing robots on balance beams. The game, along with the required set of tasks, changes annually” (“FIRST Robotics Competition.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 May. 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST_Robotics_Competition).
Developing An Arcade Game About Robots
During college I was initially focusing on an emphasis in web-based game development alongside programming. For that purpose, I created several games in JavaScript.
This game simulates the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition game. The goal of this game is to pickup yellow cubes and place or throw them on the blue side of one of several seesaws. While there are more cubes on your side of the seesaws, you get +1 points per second. There is an opponent that will attempt to place cubes on their side of the goals. You have 60 seconds to score more points than your opponent.
It can be played in any modern browser here: https://pycee.github.io/Firebears-Power_Up
Retrospective On My Turn-Based Combat Game Demo
During college, I was initially focusing on an emphasis on web-based game development alongside programming. For that purpose, I created several games in JavaScript.
With this small demo, I wanted to create a turn-based combat system where the player could enter combat with several differing groups of enemies. I call it Slime, named after a common enemy type in many fantasy-themed games. In the game, the player acts as a slime-monster and must fight several enemies in an arena.
It can be played in any modern PC browser here: https://pycee.github.io/Web_Slime/
Mapping Out a Guitar Controller
The Rock Band guitar-controller is a form of Human Interface Device (HID). Many USB game controllers follow an HID-compliant standard. This standard allows us to read digital and analog inputs easily from any program.
My past work with this guitar-shaped controller was back in 2014 when I drove a robot around using the buttons on this controller.
Remembering FRC: The 2014 Season
“The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year’s game that weigh up to 125 pounds (57 kg). Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls into goals, placing inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars, and balancing robots on balance beams. The game, along with the required set of tasks, changes annually” (“FIRST Robotics Competition.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 May. 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST_Robotics_Competition).
Building A Prototype Balancing Robot
This is a quick prototype robot designed to test certain mechanisms before spending my time building a more polished robot. It has two wheels and drives them forwards or backwards as the body tilts in order to keep the robot balanced upright.