Search and Rescue BS2 robot
Hello everyone. I am new in "town". I am on a project with a boe bot and BS2 microcontroller and i am trying to use it on·tough situations like "search and rescue" projects.
First of all i would like to ask if anyone has ever tried this before. Was it so difficult?
Can i use Boe-Bot CMUcam ( http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30051·) in order to see what my robot sees in front of it? And if this can be done, can we do it wireless?
Is there any sound sensor-detector so i can "drive" my robot to the source of sound?
I know that i might not have any response but thanks in advance·
First of all i would like to ask if anyone has ever tried this before. Was it so difficult?
Can i use Boe-Bot CMUcam ( http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30051·) in order to see what my robot sees in front of it? And if this can be done, can we do it wireless?
Is there any sound sensor-detector so i can "drive" my robot to the source of sound?
I know that i might not have any response but thanks in advance·
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Good luck with your project -- and it certainly is doable. We used to have a demo robot that one could remotely pilot with a joystick. The platform we used was a BOE-Bot ... with lots of stuff added on.
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Video takes up some pretty good bandwidth and I'm guessing that 418Mhz Tx is data if not only analog (voice).
I've never tried using a regular transmitter to fire off video....but I'd assume you'd loose a lot of quality in the picture (if it would even be visible at all!).
As far as driving to the source of sound....think about a small cannon mic or a parabolic mic!
You definately need a directional mic and a means of locating it's direction (rotate vehicle or rotate mic....or multiple mics through signal comparators).
Then of course....what sound are you listening for?· for a SAR situation...you'll have lots of other noise going on and I'm guessing you want to detect a whimper or someone crying for help.· Unless you're the one doing the listening, I'm not sure you'd be able to get the stamp/bot to do it automatically!· But your idea sounds cool as a surveillance device!!
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