>>39903 >>39904 I have been monitoring the situation around the new Grok waifu, and it's very promising. Many people are into it, and while ofc there will be detractors, many people are sick of woke and/or bitter women. Other robowaifu-related posts also get positive attention. I will say, we discuss a lot about leftist opposition, but what was mostly* unforseen is right-wing opposition. Tradcons who say robowives aren't based and trad. I already detailed a debate with an Andrew Tate-esque influencer (and picked up a good argument-weapon to use). And an attack from our very own may be more insidious than one clearly from people who hate young men *I say mostly because Meta Ronin and I think Chobitsu also talked about this, maybe a few others too.

>>39920 Where we fit into this Grok-chan rollout is putting forward our self-hosted alternatives. Even if Elon manages to make a full fledged robowaifu it will probably be like Grok-chan eg a subscription service. "You don't want your AI waifu at the mercy of another man, do ya? Another man monitoring your interactions with your waifu? That is big cuck energy" However, the movie "Her" underestimated the how users would feel about a cloud AI romancing multiple users so it might not be big as one would think.

>>39920 >right-wing opposition It's been brought up several times over the years, and we've all acknowledged that, even if we don't talk about it often. The greatest strength and weakness of robowaifus as an ideology is that it exists largely agnostically of any other, so support and opposition can come from nearly everywhere.

I see the new Grok waifu as a herald. While not the end all be all, it reintroduces and reinforces the concept of robowaifus to billions. Now people see that AI companions are a very real and very useful technology. I'm already using it to promote Galatea, since she can serve as a body for any AI, like those pictures of the DDLC girls in robot bodies. >>39922 This is a golden opportunity to promote our own offline AI companions. I was thinking someone should make their own open source local grok waifu, something like Open LLM Vtuber, but more consumer friendly https://github.com/Open-LLM-VTuber/Open-LLM-VTuber >>39923 That's why I said "mostly"

>>39920 >right-wing opposition As a generally-saner segment of """society""" so-called TradCons really represent a more subtle, yet more powerful threat to robowaifu movements if they are so-inclined. OTOH as I myself represent, not every single man (and possibly even a very-smol percentage of 'our' women) are not diametrically opposed to robowaifus in principle. I think the determining factor is how redpilled/bluepilled the individual in question is. I'd predict the JQ is central-most to this individual dichotomy. >>39923 >The greatest strength and weakness of robowaifus as an ideology is that it exists largely agnostically of any other, so support and opposition can come from nearly everywhere. It's amazing, isn't it. :^) WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!

(Edited from Trashchan) Introducing Galatana, the standalone AI system. It uses the same AI used in Galatea v3.0.4 >>38070 Perfect for more budget oriented anons, or anyone who doesn't want to or can't build a full robot. You can talk with her anywhere, by using a single bluetooth earpiece and your phone https://greertech.neocities.org/galatana ------- Original Trashchan post https://trashchan.xyz/robowaifu/thread/84.html#bottom Odysee Backup https://odysee.com/@GreerTechother:3/Galatana:4?r=2RAnQD4k7R6nPoYVC32GJaXWCqK6sKmT

>>38897 Ambitious project! I thought about making a robot as well for the last week. I asked the guys at work who do point clouds about that and I think for now it would be easier to do holographic projection with AR. I downloaded https://github.com/PKU-VCL-3DV/SLAM3R and converted a 30s video of my house into a pointcloud. There are other projects to convert them into 3d meshes and also label them as household objects. Open3D TSDF and Meta Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2). At first I thought of making a pipeline that updates the meshes and segmentations in real time for a robotic agent to navigate my house. Then it hit me, why not use the internal representation to create a virtual environment of my house and let an AI agent navigate that? AR can be used to display them. Pathfinding is possible with the meshes, and with labeled objects I can create a graph with the relations between objects. The AI agent navigates this in some 3d engine. With simplified meshes that match my house layout. And send the agent mesh to a separate render target on my AR headset.

>>39621 Thank you :) That point cloud creator is a really good find. Much better than most video-to-point cloud processers I've seen. >At first I thought of making a pipeline that updates the meshes and segmentations in real time for a robotic agent to navigate my house. A lot of high-end robot vacuums use LIDAR for a similar purpose, and a 3D point cloud will definitely help for humanoid robots to navigate, what may be unobstructed to the base may be an obstruction for the whole robot (ex. a table or a chair) >AR hologram waifu I like your idea. You're clearly very knowledgeable and talented. (second pic related)

>>39624 I tired out some projects like vox fusion and another one with ros. Couldn't get either of them working. Vox fusion had a demo unit that just didn't work and I can't be arsed to install linux for ros. I tried installing PopOs like 2 weeks ago for some triton project. It just didn't work. I spent 8h getting cuda and gcc to play nice but no success. I was yelling at my pc at this point. I gave up and went back to windows. >high-end robot vacuums use LIDAR Really? That's interesting. I know the scanners from work, but they're expensive as fuck. I figured LIDAR and RGBD cameras were outside my reach and I had to settle for regular rbg, maybe stereo. With slam3r that might even be possible, but I read that the calculated camera position isn't very accurate. Eh, I'll figure it out along the way. I think the pathfinding won't be a problem. I made a game once with voxel based pathfinding. Wasn't so great because the map was huge and I wanted hundreds of enemies without collisions. But a small map with static obstacles should be manageable. The bigger problem will be the animations. I tired some Quest 3 apps. Where you can decorate your home with virtual furniture lol. Making some crazy animation system for furniture or advanced IK would be badass. >I like your idea. You're clearly very knowledgeable and talented. Thanks :3 I like my crazy projects!

Updated the Galatana description to tell how she functions to make it more clear to new users https://greertech.neocities.org/galatana @rick , any updates?

>>39816 Very glad to hear that; I'll be lurking, just in case. >That won't be necessary A pleasure to know - though, I'm planning to restructure my own company - of course, if funds permit - for entry into electromechanics. >This industry... - ... will surely follow -- all things being equal. Completely agreed; I'm looking into clearing my schedule to free up some time for working with you anons. Cheers, Chobitsu. :)

>>39818 Yes. :) They would be sold for pennies - depending on who owns the control packets, of course, but there are ways about it. The fastest way out, would be to just hold majority stake, overvalue the company, and sell stock off. The most convenient - establish a profitable enterprise, funded by VC capital, and place a figurehead to take care of it. Ah, real estate is a bit more complex - it'd be possible, albeit incredibly difficult to acquire property through this sort of scheme, and then *keep* it. If the ACGG/AAPP (oh, I do adore the name) is kept operational, we can actually subcontract the robowaifu company, and basically pour all the capital we want into it. Though, that may leave it liable to lawsuits by the investors. All in all, there are quite a few ways to funnel money from the former, into the latter.' Honestly, so many, that I'd be open to sitting down, and hosting a conference call with you gentlemen, to quickly run through them, and knock out the ones that don't work for us. >please pardon my ignorance in such matters Please, no need to apologize, my friend - business is all I know, and I hardly know it that well; you anons have much more pressing things to attend to. I mean, it's why I'm here - to help pick up any slack in these sorts of affairs. >>39822 Hey, mate!

Hey guys, I'm the guy who suggested the Robowaifu Legal Defense Fund and a hodgepodge of other ideas regarding robowaifu development. I'm starting to consider taking a name, but I did have another idea. What if we had other organizations like charitable foundations or NGOs? I'm not actually sure how we'd go about doing that, but it'd be fun to see a robowaifu charity literally just handing out robowaifus for free to sexually underprivileged men, if for no other reason than the unheard-of amount of roastie seethe it would cause.

>>39810 Create LLC A aka "politically correct robots LLC", do all the legit whatever. Create LLC B aka "robowaifu limited, LLC". LLC B rents machines from LLC A. LLC A can then not consider their machines as an asset but a liability and non-taxable (and subject to depreciation). LLC A says they make money renting out their robot equipment to other companies, LLC B makes robowaifu parts. Rich people do similar to protect their assets from divorce or taxes: "I don't own my lamborghini/house/whatever I rent it from this LLC" which is run by their frens whom he in turn is part of an LLC to protect their assets.

>>39854 That would be a good operation. It would require only a little bit of overhead costs, and also help transform the incel movement from seethe and cope to genuine actions and solutions. I can also see it for loneliness in general. We could even gather support from pro-AI people; it would be harder to anti-AI people to criticize AI when it's your friend's wife and mother's friend. >>39855 Exactly. You put it succinctly

Quantic Dream – Kara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiivD8lS9Q

>>39832 >To be clear I'm not dismissing what you want in any way. I'm only saying what I want. And I expect that this sort of ascetic and techno aspect would be widely regarded as desirable among a large group of people. Don't worry, I totally understand where you're coming from. That's why I framed it as a difference in taste. A totally humanlike, Ex Machina/2B/Kara-esuqe robowaifu would cast a very wide net , so even normies who don't have the monster fucker permit would probably be into it

>>39761 https://youtube.com/shorts/TL5nOrFe7fM?si=GVA7rWDDscJQ8vr7

>>39836 nice

>>39836 It's very nice but very over-engineered :D

These are helpful, thanks! :^)

Great video with a down to Earth explanation of foundational engineering concepts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFgm_QSc74

The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid With Coloured Diagrams and Symbols https://www.c82.net/euclid/

>>38638 The Moore 1 and 2 are decent clay 3d printers and they are pretty affordable. Again same restrictions on kilns.

>>38638 >>38639 >printing your robowaifu with actual clay What a time to be alive! :D <---> IIRC one of our Anons from back in the day actually built a furnace to melt scrap iron. I wonder if he's still around and can help us all build our own Metal-filament kilns?

>>38643 That was the waste oil foundry I built. I got it to work once and I wanted to see how hot it could get. Turns out it got hot enough to turn the ceramic wool to glass and warp the nozzle. I ended up just buying a devil's forge foundry and it will get just as hot. I should have done that in the first place as it cost as much to buy as the waste oil foundry cost to make. I also have a clay printer and potter's kiln. I will be working with this as soon as I purchase my house.

>>38645 >I should have done that in the first place as it cost as much to buy as the waste oil foundry cost to make. Ehh, where's the fun in that, though!? :D >I will be working with this as soon as I purchase my house. Outstanding news, Ribose! Looking forward to your progress on this. Pics please. Cheers. :^)

Gonna leave these here https://thevirtualfoundry.com/products/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMdPgJJPOew&pp=ygUMTXljZXJhIHByaW50 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=USST4XM4ITc&pp=ygUXYnJvbnplIE1ldGFsIGNsYXkgcHJpbnQ%3D

>>17449 Thanks, maybe I'll learn to draw on the computer someday (I made this jupiter with a drawing pad a while back but, pencil to paper just feels more natural) Also helps to get the idea across quickly I used to be pretty good with Aldus Freehand back in the day but that was bought out by Adobe and I just hate the Illustrator Interface

I really feel this is one of the best, most simple joint mechanisms I've ever, ever seen. It's like human joints but in this case 3D printed. It's so simple I wonder I hadn't seen or thought of it myself. I feel like a fool for missing it. "Alternative to bearings for tiny robots" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQiLLcumqDw This is incredibly good. I expect with some thinking you could make it move in two dimensions as that's what human joints knees do. It's so simple I'm terribly embarrassed for not seeing something like it. Has anyone else thought of this or am I the only one so foolish as to not see it as an obvious solution? It's an awful lot like this rope hinge I saved a drawing of but for some reason never equated it to robot joints.

Here's a book recommended by others on mechanical design constraints for accuracy and rigidity. Exact Constraint_ Machine Design Using Kinematic Processing (1999, ASME Press) - Douglass L. Blanding There's several links. At any one time many might not work so you just have to try them. https://libgen.gs/edition.php?id=138587005 A hackaday article on the subject https://hackaday.com/2019/09/11/books-you-should-read-exact-constraint-machine-design-using-kinematic-principles/

>>17473 Maybe this would work for you. Search "Wireless Optical Pocket Pen Mouse". Apparently they work on most surfaces. You don't need a tablet. I have one of these I got real cheap and haven't used it yet, I need to. I was thinking of drawing on my chest or stomach in a drawing program. Since it also works as a mouse it would be easy. Also I think people can very accurately move stuff around on their bodies so it would be natural. A lot easier than being forced into one position on a drawing tablet or hunching over a screen.

>>39724 That's really nice. I had thought about something like the rudder joint for knees or elbows before, but assumed it would not work well under compressive loads and would wear out quickly. A real skeletal joint is cushioned and lubricated with synovial fluid which prevents the surfaces from wearing too quickly and provides shock absorption. I'm curious how this would hold up. The design from the video might be better off not using a braided fishing line. I imagine it would start cutting into the channels in the printed joint pretty quickly.

Emmy the Robot (NSFW)

Robot girl from MyRobot

Jenny Wakeman interpretations

I talked about these elsewhere but here might be better. Search "Wireless Optical Pocket Pen Mouse". Apparently they work on most surfaces. You don't need a tablet. I have one of these I got real cheap and haven't used it yet, I need to. I was thinking of drawing on my chest or stomach in a drawing program. Since it also works as a mouse it would be easy. Also I think people can very accurately move stuff around on their bodies so it would be natural. A lot easier than being forced into one position on a drawing tablet or hunching over a screen.

>>31089 found the podcast thread dw

>>30783 Now it's my turn to be sorry. I've been spread a bit thin lately, but here I am. >Mind discussing that one a bit, Anon? I oppose artificial wombs for the same reasons that I oppose homosexual adoption and transgenderism. It's an affront to nature. Viable artificial wombs would be immediately followed by implanting said womb into some vile sodomite so that he could satisfy his perversions by squeezing some poor child out of his mutilated ass. It's abhorrent. I'm rather reverent of nature, and I feel that procreation is one of the areas where we shouldn't "play god" unnecessarily. If we are at a point where a companion robot would be capable of performing as a parent and caregiver, and I expect that to be the case in the future, then those who wish to be parents should adopt. This is to speak nothing of the metaphysical implications of parentage, but that's a more philosophical discussion than one about robots.

>>31259 >It's an affront to nature. Having children matters. No matter what and how, if necessary. >implanting said womb You've got the wrong idea. This is completely outside of the scope. These artificial wombs refer to things outside of the human body. They would have to do insurmountable extra work to put it into a human body, I assume. That said, it not relevant and will be even less relevant in the future, since the people who are transgender won't have (many) children. The ideologues around this procreate through spreading their manipulative thoughts into new confused minds. Having fewer women in a society and making women less important will be very useful, and artificial wombs are important for that.

>>31259 Don't worry anon (at least for now), currently "artificial wombs" are growing sheeps in ziploc baggies.

>>39705 Hello again, Толкач. If you're comfortable sharing more of your story with us all here, it might help Anons to better understand the potential for guidance, help & assistance you can suggest or possibly even offer within our new Business & Legal thread : ( >>39717 ). I'd personally suggest turning on the 'Ted Talk' ITT (we're generally a pretty bright bunch here, I'd deem; most of us are pretty seasoned Anons as well). However, just as you yourself see fit. Cheers, Anon. :^)

>>38870 I'm archiving it right now. Currently I'm dealing with an unrelated Odysee issue, but I should have it ready in about a few hours

>>38871 https://odysee.com/@GreerTechother:3/backyard-archive:8?r=2RAnQD4k7R6nPoYVC32GJaXWCqK6sKmT

>>38873 THANKS! Downloading now.

>>38873 Updated the collection to include 0.37.0, the final PC version https://odysee.com/@GreerTechother:3/backyard-archive:8?r=2RAnQD4k7R6nPoYVC32GJaXWCqK6sKmT

>>39704 Thanks again