Many of these aren't animated... which gives me a great(?) idea for a new AI benchmark: "Animate the mechanical movement at this URL: ..."

Way more telling that "draw a pelican on a bicycle"

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worldsayshi 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Also, set up formulas for calculating speed, torque, forces etc, of each system.

Then create a modular simulation library and point and click simulator where all the component variants are covered so that the user can piece new systems together using those components.

	▲	bonestamp2 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also include sliders so parameters can be adjusted to see how it affects the mechanism (ex. wheel radius).

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scrollop 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ironically, before coming to the comments I was thinking this would be a good dataset for llms to learn real world mechanics.

	▲	MisterTea 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For me it's a great dataset to train my own brain. This way when I'm in the field and need to come up with a fix for something I can query my intellect and come up with a solution. No accounts, internet connection, or compute needed!

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KuriousCat an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Tried it with chatgpt, and of course it failed. It showed pulleys and belt rotating in opposite directions for a simple two pulley coupling.