I made a playable Excel workbook that models a 2D and 3D robot arm using only ordinary spreadsheet formulas, charts, sliders, and Excel Solver. The idea is to make kinematics easier to understand. GitHub: https://github.com/CarlKCarlK/excel-3d-robot-arm The 3D arm is inspired by the old Radio Shack / TOMY Armatron toy robot arm. The workbook lets you move the arm manually, set a target point, and then use Excel's Solver to find the control settings that move the hand to the target (inverse kinematics!). I made this mostly as a learning project. Excel makes the math visible: the rotation matrices, position updates, target error, and Solver setup are all inspectable cell by cell. Nothing is hidden in a robotics library or graphics engine. The model itself is just a series of rows, each controlling one segment. The rows process 3 ways to turn (yaw, pitch, roll) or a move, turtle graphics-style. submitted by /u/carlk22 [link] [Kommentare]

Question. I've noticed that whenever new Bitcoin use cases are discussed, whether it's DeFi, lending, or other applications, there's always a group that strongly pushes back. If these developments remain optional and don't change Bitcoin's core principles, why the resistance? Is it about security, simplicity, or something else? Curious to hear different perspectives. submitted by /u/Dominicchon [link] [Kommentare]