Servo Reliability Crisis
Aug 20257-day servo failure pattern necessitating BLDC motor transition
Parallel development streams: Concept, Design, Code, Logistics
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This multi-stream timeline visualizes the parallel development of Hysteresis I across four critical dimensions:
🔴 Concept Stream tracks the theoretical evolution from electromagnetic field visualization through territorial exploration to cybernetic consciousness research.
⚫ Design Stream documents the physical subspecies evolution from Alpha Rings through Motor System Upgrade.
🟣 Code Stream follows algorithm development from basic motion through sophisticated behavioral psychology.
🟤 Logistics Stream captures hardware decisions, failure analyses, and implementation challenges.
Cross-stream connections reveal how developments in one area influenced others - showing the interconnected nature of cybernetic organism evolution.
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Click timeline markers for detailed entries. Each entry includes downloadable documentation for research collection.
7-day servo failure pattern necessitating BLDC motor transition
Implementation of REST/SEEK/SEARCH/RETURN psychological state machine
Theoretical evolution from field mapping to autonomous aesthetic consciousness research
Foundational four-motor approach establishing basic cybernetic organism architecture