About me!
Hi, my name is Alex Tacescu, and I am a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, pursuing a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Robotics Engineering. Throughout the 8+ years of experience working with robots, I have designed and built over 20 robotic platforms, written thousands of lines of code, and worked for companies like Tesla, Amazon Robotics, and NASA. READ MORE
My motivation for this website is two-fold: share my knowledge, projects, and successes with everyone around the world while having a place to save my personal debugging techniques, fixes for common issues, and enhancements to hardware and software. Therefore, this website will contain all sorts of topics, from 3D printing and mechanical engineering, to software and operating systems, to photography and general technology. I hope you find some of the information useful and entertaining! Enjoy!
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Latest Posts
My Favorite VS Code Extensions
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has quickly become my favorite IDE and hackable text…
Making .desktop Files for Linux
Here’s a quick explanation on a tool I’ve been recently using more and more. As…
3D Printing Filament Spool Weights
In order to get an accurate measurement of a partially used spool of filament, I…
Ender 3 Upgrades + Tips/Tricks
I recently purchased an Ender 3, and want to share the tips and tricks: Upgrades:…
Project Maverick
SmallKat MQP
The SmallKat MQP is providing a quadrupedal robotic platform to help research and design new…