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BoeBot with a camera?

USMCinfinityUSMCinfinity Posts: 150
edited 2010-08-19 09:54 in Robotics
Has anyone interfaced the BoeBot with any kind of camera? I have a VEX with includes a camera with TV output, but I would like to do the same thing with the BoeBot but output it on the computer, has anyone done it ?

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2010-08-18 09:40
    Parallax used to have its CMUcam for the BoeBot, not quite what you probably want. The issue is that there's too much data and at too high a data rate for a Stamp to handle. The best you can do is to buy a wireless video transmitter, mount the camera and transmitter on the BoeBot, and do all your processing on your PC using a video input card and the matching receiver (for the transmitter). The BoeBot just supplies power and a mounting platform.

    A Propeller could handle a reduced resolution video image (trimmed down to maybe 160 x 120)
  • USMCinfinityUSMCinfinity Posts: 150
    edited 2010-08-18 09:42
    Anything out there like a completed project about a robot interfaced with a propeller? (maybe something simple like the boebot?, aside the upcoming S2)
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2010-08-18 09:50
    BoeBotBasic was developed for a Propeller BoeBot. It was originally developed using a SpinStamp substituted for the Stamp in a stock BoeBot with a Ping, Ping bracket, and an xBee AppMod. Later, it was revised to use a Propeller Protoboard that included an SD card and HM55B compass.

    Search the Completed Projects Forum for BoeBotBasic and download the program from the Object Exchange.

    Propeller BoeBot thread
  • USMCinfinityUSMCinfinity Posts: 150
    edited 2010-08-18 11:41
    All I'm finding is reference to it but not an actual file. Any help? I would really lie to try out my new propeller education kit with something useful.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2010-08-18 13:35
    The most recent version of BoeBotBasic is in the Propeller Object Exchange under "Tool".
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2010-08-18 19:41
    USMCinfinity, I recently tried out the object for the Wii Mote camera (you have to remove the camera from the Wii Mote). I was surprised how easy it was to hook up and use.

    The information from the camera is limited to the four brightest spots in its field of view. The limited information can actually be a good thing since the problem with many cameras is there is too much information for the Prop to handle.

    I'm thinking of using it with a laser for object detection and mapping. It's also useful with LEDs used a navigation beacons.

    Have you seen Hano's DanceBot? He uses a camera and communicates with a computer for image processing. He writes about it in one of the recent Propeller books. There is also at least one magazine article discribing his work. You ought to check it out, if you haven't seen it yet.

    Duane
  • USMCinfinityUSMCinfinity Posts: 150
    edited 2010-08-19 09:45
    Thanks guys, seems I'll be busy then!!
  • USMCinfinityUSMCinfinity Posts: 150
    edited 2010-08-19 09:54
    Ok, I downloaded the files attached to the boebot basic link, but its just a bunch of codes? There is no manual?
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