You’ll have to forgive me, as this is going to be one of those in-between Actuator weeks. I finally took a couple of days off last week after working through the last few weekends, and today I’ve been rewarded with a throbbing migraine. Isn’t the human body magical? Either way, it’s an exciting week for those of you who like their robotics newsletter short and to the point.
First thing I need to address is that video game controller. I’m a person on the internet. I wholly understand why others on the internet latched on to the modified Logitech G F710 Wireless Gamepad. OceanGate Expeditions was charging passengers $250,000 a head for a ride to see the Titanic. That’s roughly 6,250 F710s.
A lot of folks reading about the tragedy zeroed in on that little tidbit. Surely, they speculated, a company careless enough to entrust human lives to a Bluetooth PC game controller was just setting itself up for failure. If you’re looking for a quick way to meme-dunk on a tragedy,...
