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Started dancing back in the 90s in LA after the Swingers hype. Became of of the regulars at the Derby and other LA spots ( Satin Ballroom, Moras modern rhythmists on mondays). I met my wife there then and we are still together after all these years. I miss those hey days! Got to see Frankie several times, and the nickolas brothers, and all the old timers from the OG LA scene from the Balboa ballroom in the 30s and 40s, Hal Takier, Bart). Such an amazing time. Got to dance for the last time right before the lockdowns. Glad I live with my dance partner. I feel for you all who don’t! Doing swing outs with the doorknob on an open door was one way I practiced back in the day. That’s still COVID friendly!

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6 lat temudiscuss

Do you have a portfolio site? I know someone who is looking for robotics freelancers.

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11 lat temudiscuss

Well, sure. I don't really mean we don't care about the path, we care quite a bit about the path, mainly that it gets from point A to point B directly and doesn't hit things, and that it is somewhat as smooth as possible (easy on the actuators to follow). We have a 3d map of the environment we build from the ground robot to directly test against while we are flying to make sure we don't hit things.

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11 lat temudiscuss

We're more focused on the "go to this point in 3d space and take a picture" use case, so we don't care as much about the shape of the path in between the points. It is however a totally smooth to the 4 derivative path we are planning and executing to get to that new position, so its quite mathematically pure... Wind and actuator dynamics get in the way of perfect planning though. We did some work on more continuous velocity paths, which are more in line with my computer graphics and cinematography background, but those will have to wait for a future video. =)

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