{"id":1573,"date":"2010-05-26T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T12:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2010-05-26T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T12:20:24","slug":"removing-a-screw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"Removing a screw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I ever watched the unscrewing of a screw with as much anticipation as last night, staying up way past my bedtime, glued to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bp.com\/liveassets\/bp_internet\/globalbp\/globalbp_uk_english\/homepage\/STAGING\/local_assets\/bp_homepage\/html\/rov_stream.html\">BP live stream<\/a> bringing video from the bottom of the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/screw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1574\" title=\"screw\" src=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/screw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/screw.jpg 579w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/screw-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watched as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalmarinesystems.com\/fleet\/rovs\/atlas\">a robot<\/a> was struggling to remove a screw by &#8220;hand&#8221;, and failed. I watched as another robot approached, handing this robot a T-shaped tool that turned out to be a screwdriver of sorts. I watched as this robot used its two manipulator &#8220;hands&#8221; to position the tool just right, approach the problem screw, and try again. I watched as, every once in a while, the oil plume hit the scene, making everything murky for a while. I watched as the robot finally unscrewed the screw, and I realized that I was holding my breath.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the environmental tragedy, I continue to remain amazed by the astonishing robotic infrastructure that can operate and carry out complex industrial operations a mile beneath the surface of the sea,<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1573' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I ever watched the unscrewing of a screw with as much anticipation as last night, staying up way past my bedtime, glued to the BP live stream bringing video from the bottom of the Gulf. I watched as a robot was struggling to remove a screw by &#8220;hand&#8221;, and failed. I watched <a href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1573' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-technology","category-50-id","category-12-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}