Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Last module down


The last module is set in place. Note our crane operator, one of the brothers from Pick Construction, in the cab. Since I've built robots and other computer-controlled motion systems, I knew that 2 or 3 axes of motion were being simultaneously controlled to create the crane's smooth motion path. Watching on Wednesday, I just assumed this motion control was done by computer. Not so. Paul was doing that by hand.