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prop plays piano using Blender 3d / Python for motion control

laser-vectorlaser-vector Posts: 118
edited 2013-02-04 04:03 in Propeller 1
Hi all,

Just programed my first robot to play a few notes on the keyboard using Google's blender application and some python.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMA0cqFAekY
But I was wondering if anyone might know of any similar programs to blender that are more specialized in the task of controlling robotics from riggable 3d models?

Thanks!
lv.

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  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,108
    edited 2013-02-02 22:49
    Very cool. Learning Python and Blender are on my "to do" list, though my interest in Blender has more to do with movie effects than real-time control.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,665
    edited 2013-02-03 05:21
    That's a neat use of Blender. If I were to try something like that, maybe I'd try the Microsoft Robotics Studio:
    http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/#Product
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-02-03 09:21
    That is REALLY neat. As soon as I seen it I wondered, how do people come up with things like this??? It would really be cool on some type of sliding bar with a belt, pulley and stepper motor for it to go back and forth while playing. (There's a word for it but it is early still)!!! Anyhow, I second what Rayman says. MSRS is free and you can build your simulator within it.
  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,108
    edited 2013-02-03 10:35
    ...maybe I'd try the Microsoft Robotics Studio.

    One of the up-sides of Blender is that it is platform independent. It's free, too.
  • laser-vectorlaser-vector Posts: 118
    edited 2013-02-03 18:26
    Hey thanks rayman, just got ms rds all installed today and have been primarily playing around with the kinect sdk (very neat). Now all I've got to do is brush up on my c programming a bit.. Thanks again for the tip :)
  • SandfireSandfire Posts: 32
    edited 2013-02-03 19:14
    I don't know if this will help, but you could try V-REP

    It is free for educational use now and is also open source.

    laser-vector wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Just programed my first robot to play a few notes on the keyboard using Google's blender application and some python.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMA0cqFAekY
    But I was wondering if anyone might know of any similar programs to blender that are more specialized in the task of controlling robotics from riggable 3d models?

    Thanks!
    lv.
  • laser-vectorlaser-vector Posts: 118
    edited 2013-02-03 21:19
    Sandfire wrote: »
    I don't know if this will help, but you could try V-REP

    It is free for educational use now and is also open source.


    This also looks very interesting! Considering that we just got a "Fanuc 200i mate" this looks far more suited for something like that. i will definitely be giving this a try. Thank you sandfire
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,665
    edited 2013-02-04 04:03
    V-REP looks interesting. Wonder how much it costs... Interesting that you can download the source code... Kind of an honor system there...
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