Programming robots to machine parts! 🔧 @RoboDKinc CAM is software that tells robots how to machine things. Instead of manually programming robot paths, you define the toolpath in CAM software and it outputs robot instructions. It offers a lot of options from roughing and finishing strategies for precision work, to heavy material removal to delicate surface refinement. Tool management handles holder collision detection, arbor specifications, geometry support from end mills to multi-flute tools. Helps with the complex geometry handling: freeform shapes, contoured surfaces, undercuts, blended transitions using spline-based paths. Also achieves smooth finishes on parts that would otherwise need manual hand work. Applications span machining, cutting, deburring, dispensing, drilling, grinding, trimming, milling, polishing, sanding, additive manufacturing. One software and multiple workflows. Manually programming a robot arm to machine a complex part takes days of setup, testing, tweaking. RoboDK CAM compresses that. Design the part in CAD, define the machining strategy, export to the robot. Then the software handles collision checking, tool paths, and precision control. This is how manufacturing automation actually scales. Not custom code for every job. Reusable workflows. Learn more here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

PROGRAMMING NOTE: To prevent power outages from taking the Third Rail livestream down I installed a second dedicated Bluetti for the network and my local model. Will be doing networking this AM so light posting if any. Too many wires!

Programming a robot in 15 minutes? Anyone can do it. CCAC students put that to the test with their Standard Bots Core robot. On day one, they set up the robot system and ran their first programs — unsupervised. "Standard Bots takes these advanced concepts, these different vision systems, and makes it use-friendly so that anybody can learn how to use [the robot]." Robots create jobs. Give the next generation access to America's AI-native industrial robots, and you rebuild America.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Got my entire compute and A/V environment on batteries (three cameras, two laptops, and two Mac Minis). In theory if power went out I be up for two days, six hours, and thirty-six minutes.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: I just launched a chatbot on that can answer questions about my positions, built entirely from my own writing. Using the content of nearly 1,000 op-eds covering just about every political issue, and every one of them was loaded into the system, which broke the essays down into passages and built a searchable library of everything I've ever argued. Ask it anything, tariffs, election integrity, H-1B visas, and it finds the most relevant passages from my actual op-eds and builds its answer from those, citing the specific pieces so you can click through and read the full argument yourself. It doesn't guess and it doesn't put words in my mouth: if I haven't written about a topic, it tells you so. Think of it as a research assistant that has read everything I've published, remembers all of it, and is available to my readers 24/7. It is in beta and still has some bugs, but I'd love if you'd check it out and provide feedback so I can improve it and find the bugs.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: I’ve got an AV engineer coming out on Sunday to set up my live streaming rig - ATEM, cameras, lights, etc. Daily streams start this month. Here’s what it looks like now.