Yes please! Feel free to link to the video too, which is otherwise buried in the issues page. I do really want this project to get more exposure, but I am lead on a pretty important open source farming robot and that has taken up enough of my time that this laser cutter did not get the attention it deserves.
Hah yes at my old apartment it was easier to leave all the doors open and wait outside until the fumes cleared (with an easy view in to check for issues), but at my new apartment fume extraction is such an issue that I have stopped using the system.
The robot is coming along! We completed a ground up redesign of the robot and it is waking up every day in the field and running test cycles on solar power. I have been refining the electronics. I got back new revs of the motherboard and motor controllers and both work well, though I already see additional changes I want to make. I designed a new steering angle sensor that dramatically simplifies the corner assembly. We are working on moving the shop closer to my house so I can go in to low volume production on prototypes. This will allow us to get long term reliability testing done! Then we would start looking at kit sales and publishing official recommended designs for those that want to make their own.
It has been a hell of a slog, so I have not produced a video in a while. Hope to get one out in 1H 2024.
