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Sparks and Code
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Let’s make cool stuff and learn a little bit too.
i made a robot that picks locks WITHOUT A PICK
This was a doosie of a project (i'm glad it is over). Follow along as I design and build the next version of the lock picking robot.
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Making an old rotary phone call Santa and plays a voice mail for a friend. CONNECT 🎯 Subscribe! ua-cam.com/users/sparksandcode Instagram: @sparksandcode Affiliate links mean I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps support my channel at no additional cost to you. Project Parts •Sound Board amzn.to/3HdO0pM (Amazon) •Battery Holder amzn.to/47xMklt (Amazon) •SD Card amzn.to/47tWin...
upgrading my washer to yell at me
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Forgetting to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer ends today. This is a story about how I fix this problem for the second time over a month or so. The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP32 Board: amzn.to/46ykFBj Current Sensor: amzn.to/3PXa2AY ADS Board: amzn.to/3rSCnk2 Headphone Jacks: amzn.to/46DzTVW Current Meter: amzn.to/4026p1d Tools used in video (some ...
never have a dead battery again
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Out in the shop I keep running into the same problem where I reach for a power tool and it has a dead battery. I can't seem to remember to swap them out on the charger. So, I decided to build a robot that swaps out the batteries on the charger for me out in the workshop using an Arduino and stepper motors.
gave myself a headache trying to soothe my wife's
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Follow along as I attempt to make my wife a cold compress that lasts for hours instead of minutes to soothe her headaches. Link to STL and code github.com/SparksAndCode/ColdCompress The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): Water Jug - amzn.to/3uzEc3h Silicone Tubing - amzn.to/3AEDZ2G Velcro Strapping - amzn.to/3AxVPV9 PLA Filament - amzn.to/3Im7qZi Brass Elbow Fittings - am...
making a lock picking robot
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Today we’ll be designing and building a lock picking robot. Why, because…. Why not?. I had fun making this, I hope you enjoy it too. GitHub Link (STLs for the design and Python Code) github.com/SparksAndCode/Lock-Picking-Robot The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP32 (Arduino shape) amzn.to/3LuL3l3 Stepper Drivers amzn.to/3KsjgAz CNC Shield amzn.to/3vJphU4 Arduino Scr...
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The story of many mistakes I made engineering and building my son a wind tunnel for Christmas. Hope you enjoy. Fusion Model a360.co/3KkvLyi The fan www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-portable-ventilator-97762.html The plastic www.dickblick.com/items/grafix-clear-acetate-25-x-40-x-0075-single-sheet/
Never Forget To Flip The Laundry Again
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I always have a hard time remembering to flip the laundry from the washer to the dryer. So I made a system to monitor the washing machine and text me when it finishes. Code: github.com/SparksAndCode/LaundryMonitor The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP8266 amzn.to/3sbAdJg Vibration Sensor amzn.to/3sa2srv 22ga Wire amzn.to/3MQ9CJk Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/...
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I've had a old wood cutting bandsaw in the back of my shop for a while. I have never used it because the blade guides weren't very good and you couldn't cut a straight line if your life depended on it. So I fired up Fusion 360 and designed and printed some new ones. They worked out great. Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/julian_avila/
Made my most useful tool
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I've been needing a bandsaw for cutting metal around the shop for a while. I got a really good deal on a portable bandsaw and decided to make a quick and dirty stand from scrap metal to hold it since I rarely need it portable. Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/julian_avila
Strange: I was looking for a steel tube with a key mechanism in the middle that would lock at both ends when I stumbled in here and saw your ROBOT LOCK PICKER. I thought it was pure genius and it's given me loads of other ideas. I'm really grateful. Michael.
so THAT'S how Johnny 5 did it!
Why didn't you just make the wires which are pushing the pins fiber optic wire, so that each pin can be picked in O(1) instead of n log n time?
Just curious where youre from, state if you dont mind hahaha like the accent and reminds me of a lot of people where im from(Southern Maryland)
You might need an engineering resin for strength. But they cost a good bit more. I've seen people mix a strong resin with a regular resin to make the strong resin last longer.
I hate it when I make a change like that and don't catch it till later. It's like you were just working better why not now!
I just want to feed the algo for you
Doesn't the timelapse show it not working? It shows each pin going through each of its travel distances but it just keeps going. Looks like it makes it through more than 1000 iterations without success.
C est ça le problème quand tu n’as pas de contraintes dans un projet et que tu n’as pas de chef de projet qui te dit que tu fais de la merde
Deviant ollam has something like this
13:44 you could try making a partially metal key
Just btw I can't really watch your video once the motors come into the design. There's a high pitch ring thats very loud.
"Excuse me. May I come into your house to fit an optical encoder to the back of your lock so I may pick it?... No. Sorry to bother you."
ok video but it seem like you keep smacking your lips in the audio i only got 4 minutes in before it was to annoying cool build idea tho
don't let LPL see this
Would there be a way to test if the lock is picked via resistance readings?
Have you tried any of the 3D printer filament that is powdered metal ? Supposedly you just make your part 25% too big then burn the plastic out in an oven and the metal dust turns to metal. If that actually worked you would have a stronger key insert thingy. FWIW I don't even have a 3D printer and am high atop the peak of Mount Stupid as shown on your Dunning Kruger illustration.
This is the lockpicking robot. It can be opened with a lockpicking robot.
Super cool! I tried to make a robot to pick the sparrows challenge vault once, but gave up eventually because I vastly underestimated how much time it would take and lost interest 😅
Couldn’t you have used a gear ratio to speed up the original stepper motor?
The mans ability to persevere in spite of the project being completely useless and inefficient is amazing.
So it takes hours and hours to pick a lock and its bulky as hell?That's not very practical. It seems like it would be easier to just pick the lock. No?
But can it open a master lock with a master lock?
Lock picking lawyer: “look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power”
Why stepper motors instead of servos, it's not as if the stroke length needed to be long and wire wouldn't be sufficient over any length. Servos would give adequate control and force reducing build size and removing the need for linear conversion or sensing position. A metal cast key head would prevent breakage, I assume through excessive twisting as the lock is tested.
Wow i’m honoured to be such an early sub. You deserve a lot more
This is really good, but I cant help but spot the problem of the decifering. IMO the wires are too thin and have too much freedom, and testing each combination takes ages. Apparently there is a way to determinate the aproximate volume of a metal with electricity, you can use the driving wires as proves to measure the aproximate volume, you can maybe also use a camera and some small crystals and mirrors to look inside the lock and measure the diameter of each pin. Then test the maximun distance each pin can go. With all that calculate the posible solution and try. I also sugest to use teeth, push them with wires if you want, but I cant help but think that the small wire is prone to bend, you can also try small pipes and those precision pumps that hospitals use to precisely measure liquid pump. ( I remember some videos of people making some in 3d print) I actually dont know shit about all this, but I thought all of this was posible for someone with you skills
always though of building something like this, but i guess you beat me to it /:
Make a safe-cracking robot. A group at MIT made an example, once. I almost had to make one to get into a safe (until its mechanism jammed, entirely). One of the funnest parts of a combo-lock solver is figuring out just how (and how much) you can speed up the search. You can spin the dial really fast, but you can't just stop immediately or the discs inside will keep going, so you have to program in some acceleration into your stepper code.
Very interesting. I am stunned by the tools available to prototype with today. Had they been available when I was 18 in 1973 I might have fell into the mechanical engineering rabbit hole instead of mathematics. Too bad there does not appear to be a faster than brute force approach with respect to the software algorithim. But, from my view this needs confirmed & investigated in that it like casino games is the type of probability problem that Persi Diaconis or one with a similar background in mathematics might find must behave in a manner that can be taken advantage of. I was shown how to pick locks by an old Green Benet. He had a gun like device that thru repeated pulling of the trigger opened the lock. As I remember the device worked in under a minute, and this begs the question, why....
With some sensors, sensing vibrations in the strings, it might be able to train an AI to pick it faster... Hum
Great project! Why not team up with another UA-camr that has developed a DIY wire EDM machine to make your key from a blank? Also, maybe it’s better to monitor the barrel rotation motor current to determine the torque being applied and have a control loop around that.
these graphics are absolutely fire; great work on the project
Great job but overengeneered.. Lock picking lawyer does it in 0.1seconds. You should watch some of his videos and for example add a feature that pushess ALL of the pins UP more than usual - for locks that have no protection against pin overtravel
A project that has no really useful end use, but the lessons learned, worth the time.
Yeah ai take contentcreators Jobs Rip lpl
Make a quantum lock-picking robot that tries all the combinations at the same time
A fun item for a DnD game. The rogue in a party has a skeleton key that can open any common lock. However, it's huge, it's not silent and it's cursed with being slow. The picking ability is a part of the curse. If the curse is removed, the thing becomes useless.
Some remarks I had during the video. Might help with version 3. 1) You need two motors. A big one for pushing the wires and rotating the lock and a small one for "switching gears". You rarely move more than one motor at a time anyway. 2) 13:44 - Have you tried using two keys to make one? Like molding two parts and joining them because one mold would be too hard to pull off. Or you could order a custom metal part. 3) This might actually become a useful product! You could duplicate almost any key if you know its template. It does no damage, is reusable and even works on cylindrical locks.
IRL Payday 😂
Cool, subbed!
When will this be available at Covert Instruments?
8:55 - dont look like an assembly that could be used to open door from outside :)
3:33 - but you can see the security pins.... they dont work when you see them :) only if you think you can feel how they behave.- i cant see a positiv side here
Love seeing projects like this. Keep it up!
It'd be interesting to use a service like jlcpcb to print a metal key blade so you have a more robust interface with the lock
Another side benefit to using this tool is you can begin to map out the locking styles of different lock manufacturers. So, for example, Master locks May only push their pins in a certain distance and or only have a certain degree of variance. All very hard information to get without having a tool that's digital. Kind of scary when you think about it...
Maybe a stupid question but why don't you use servos instead of steppers? Seems to me that a lot of makers use stepper motors every time they want *any* sort of motion ;-)
Probably going to be a while before we have fully automated lockpicks, turns out that lock picking has a high skill floor.
Great job! 20 years ago I dreamed of a lot mechanism that used a wire for each tumbler with a 90deg radius and the mechanism with a rotating wheel and springs to randomly go through the patterns. You've gone beyond that simple idea. Only reason why I wanted to use the wires was if one of the tumblers happened to catch in the middle , the rear tumblers would still be cycling whereas with a lock pick tool would be limited if the tumbler actuated at a low height near the middle. Please don't give up, I think you're on to something that will change the entire lock industry. In addition, hopefully will provide you unlimited resources for future development in other areas. I would be surprised if there weren't 3 to 4 novelties worth filing IP for. Hopefully you are protecting the initiative and investment of time sacrificed in your life, I'm sure what you've learned in this project is invaluable, and will be utilized again in the future for something else.