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Hello Awl: I would like to have my small stamp robot track a moving object,a
human or ultimatly chase a dog. I have seen talk of this done in the past
but never found any complete information.
I know there are lights that are motion activated,and have seen some
referance to hacking one of those,but again details seem to be sketchy.If I
used a stand alone stamp to run the sensor onboard,and then send commands to
the robot that would be fine as well.
What motion detectors would be easily compatible with a stamp,Where would I
buy such a detector, Would software be as straight forward as,...If movment
seen on right,turn right,or is this an extremly difficult procedure to
implement?
Currently I use IR detection to avoid most walls and large objects. Would
it be possible to......
stop the robot,
send out an ir beam
wait for a return,
do it a 2nd time
compare first with second test,
and see if something has changed within its field of view.
If so there must be movement ahead.
The robot knows it is stopped so I would think my theory is semi sound <S>
On a similar note, my ultimate goal was to track a small ball on the floor.
I could live with the ball having some high contrast with its surronding's
to make detection easier.But now I am getting into high level vision systems
correct? maybe an IR sender unit inside a ball? Those break open dog balls
would work for the balls case. I did find an article on a robot that fetchs
tennis balls,but it used those OTHER microprocessors,and had on board
vision,beyond my capabilites right now.
Any information,or even general ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Kerry
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human or ultimatly chase a dog. I have seen talk of this done in the past
but never found any complete information.
I know there are lights that are motion activated,and have seen some
referance to hacking one of those,but again details seem to be sketchy.If I
used a stand alone stamp to run the sensor onboard,and then send commands to
the robot that would be fine as well.
What motion detectors would be easily compatible with a stamp,Where would I
buy such a detector, Would software be as straight forward as,...If movment
seen on right,turn right,or is this an extremly difficult procedure to
implement?
Currently I use IR detection to avoid most walls and large objects. Would
it be possible to......
stop the robot,
send out an ir beam
wait for a return,
do it a 2nd time
compare first with second test,
and see if something has changed within its field of view.
If so there must be movement ahead.
The robot knows it is stopped so I would think my theory is semi sound <S>
On a similar note, my ultimate goal was to track a small ball on the floor.
I could live with the ball having some high contrast with its surronding's
to make detection easier.But now I am getting into high level vision systems
correct? maybe an IR sender unit inside a ball? Those break open dog balls
would work for the balls case. I did find an article on a robot that fetchs
tennis balls,but it used those OTHER microprocessors,and had on board
vision,beyond my capabilites right now.
Any information,or even general ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Kerry
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