[alliem]

I need to write an engineering spec for what is essentially the robotic endoskeleton for the terminator arnold plays in the franchise by the same name.

Help a girl out?

I can write software specifications but this task is beyond me.

My engineer must think I`m the reincarnation of tesla to have asked me for a spec, but I think I can pull it off, just having trouble getting started with everything else I have going on (new bf and dog, tcombinator, freelancing, my adult career, doing nothing, etc).

I was thinking you can talk to your peeps and see if any of them want to help.

Before the backlash, I don't intend for these robots to be used to kill people. They are for jobs that humans die doing or cannot do, like cleaning up nuclear accidents like fukishima without suffering the huge doses of radiation a man would (or at least not dying/becomong non-operational as a result of it). Thanks

[mikegreenberg]

I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but I would suggest you start taking some Robotics AI courses (http://ai.stanford.edu) and reading some books before taking this project on. I'm not sure how far you'd have to go but there's a big different between building a robot that moves and building a robot that can mobilize itself and perform actions in response to stimulation.

Also, engineering spec is quite vague. If you boss really asked you to do something like, think twice about taking it on. Loose, vague, and otherwise overreaching projects tend to not end well for those involved.

I think my peeps will feel similarly and pass on this one. But I'd be happy to introduce you should you want to come out to a hack night and ask them yourself. :)

Best of luck to you.

[alliem]

I'm the boss (tcombinator.blogspot.com), it's my engineer that is requesting an engineering specification. I'm assuming that it would essentially be a software specification document, but for a robot, as opposed to an app. I recognize the difficulties involved, hence my stagnation and reaching out for guidance and partnerships to jumpstart the process. I live in Virginia, otherwise I would be happy to meet with your contacts.

[mikegreenberg]

Couldn't find a contact point for you. Feel free to send me an email and I'll see what I can do to help! :)