In my electronics lab I've tried out various remotes (wired, IR, microwave, and radio) for use as robot programmers.* So far a game controller (Logitech) looks to be the best.
* For use like in my blog of 1 May 2023. (And it is important to base your control decisions only on sense inputs the robot itself sees.)
A.s.a. H. learns (builds) knowledge graphs (semantic networks) as described, for example, in my blog of 4 March 2015. (It's also possible to do the reverse, construct an A.s.a. agent starting from a knowledge graph.)
Arnold et al have a new study of electron space charge ion heating.* I tried to promote this idea starting in the late 1970s both during pellet refueling and in other scenarios.**
* Parallel expansion of a fuel pellet plasmoid, arXiv:2310.05678v1, 9 Oct. 2023.
** See, for example, R. Jones, Electron Space Charge Ion Heating in an Aerosol Discharge Plasma, Ind. J. Phys., 55B, 397, 1981.
When I quit teaching (and university service) I had thought I'd have more time freed up for research. But it meant also giving up lab and office space. My library is probably a bit easier to use now that it's all in one building. Software development is perhaps a tiny bit harder since the desks I have at home* are a bit smaller than what I had at ESU. Lab space is the biggest issue. Most hardware must be stored away to save space. This means time is required to find and get things out, do the experiment, and then put things away again. Everything can't just be left out and in the way.* The required space has been reduced but more time is needed to do most experimental work. A careful reorganization of the laboratory equipment may help somewhat.
* I've sometimes used the dining room table. Temporarily. See my blog of 7 January 2012, second photo.
