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Even better than being “self-replicating”, in my opinion, it is a well-developed open-source hardware project that lays a framework for other applications. The stepper drivers and source code are a great introduction to open-loop positioning systems.
Even better than being “self-replicating”, in my opinion, it is a well-developed open-source hardware project that lays a framework for other applications. The stepper drivers and source code are a great introduction to open-loop positioning systems.
Very interesting. Soon, corporations will be using this technology to help transform the surface of the moon into Earth’s bitch.