Propeller powered robot broke into Trossen's "top 15!" now on Make
vanmunch
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Now on Make @
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/prospero-a-robotic-farmer.html
Thanks Schill for the heads-up!
Now on Hack-A-Day@
http://hackaday.com/2011/02/21/farmbot/
Microcontrolled mentioned the Schmart board contest that we were both in a while ago and early Sunday morning I finally got around to posting my entire, Prospero, on Trossen's Robotics' site. I didn't really pay any attention until Tuesday when I saw that the main picture of Prospero :
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/files/5/0/1/6/planter_front_c.jpg
already ahd over a thousand views. This morning it became the 15th most viewed picture on their website and the first one using a propeller (three of them!). Just to give a little perspective, they have over 500,000 pictures and this is the first time a picture has broken into the top 15 since April 2009 and Prospero did it in less than four days! It's now #14 :
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/browseimages.php?do=popimages&orderby=views
Anyhow, I'm just excited. I didn't even own a propeller a year ago or know how to program it. I was still using the BS2. I think this really shows how easy and well documented the propeller chip is to use along with how helpful these forums are. Thanks everyone!
Dave
"vanmunch"
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/prospero-a-robotic-farmer.html
Thanks Schill for the heads-up!
Now on Hack-A-Day@
http://hackaday.com/2011/02/21/farmbot/
Microcontrolled mentioned the Schmart board contest that we were both in a while ago and early Sunday morning I finally got around to posting my entire, Prospero, on Trossen's Robotics' site. I didn't really pay any attention until Tuesday when I saw that the main picture of Prospero :
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/files/5/0/1/6/planter_front_c.jpg
already ahd over a thousand views. This morning it became the 15th most viewed picture on their website and the first one using a propeller (three of them!). Just to give a little perspective, they have over 500,000 pictures and this is the first time a picture has broken into the top 15 since April 2009 and Prospero did it in less than four days! It's now #14 :
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/browseimages.php?do=popimages&orderby=views
Anyhow, I'm just excited. I didn't even own a propeller a year ago or know how to program it. I was still using the BS2. I think this really shows how easy and well documented the propeller chip is to use along with how helpful these forums are. Thanks everyone!
Dave
"vanmunch"
Comments
http://hackaday.com/contact-hack-a-day/
[If nobody sees a Propeller project in action then it's a forgone conclusion that nobody will care.]
BTW, very nice looking robot.
@PJ Allen & Dr_Acula
Good idea. I've submited it to Hack-A-Day. It's already a completed project so I don't know if it will work for Make, but I'll try it.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/prospero-a-robotic-farmer.html
But with a reference to the Trossen site instead of here
Thanks for the heads-up. I had sent them just a little blurb. I'll add some more info and link in a comment. Thanks!!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/prospero-the-robotic-farmer-robotically-plants-seeds-makes-huma/
Edit:
They found out about it from PCWorld!