robot camera/control module

HavoKane

what was the kit called. it was around $200. you mountthe camera to the boebot and·the other part to the computer. it transmits a 320x120 image (i think) back to the computer, and it has 2 i/o line so that you can do some low level wirless control. anybody know what im talking about?·

XNOR

As far as I know, Parallax sells the CMU camera, which does color recognition:

www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30051

I recently came across something that sounds very interesting, and might be what you are looking for:

www.surveyor.com/SRV_info.html

Paul Baker

HavoKane, the RoboEye has been discontinued and is no longer availible.

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Steve Joblin

I came across the Surveyor site as well, but could never seem to look at any of the demos... maybe just a firewall issue? It does seem like a great solution that addresses many of the aspects that prevent newbies from taking on web-based robotic control.

XNOR

Steve Joblin said...
I came across the Surveyor site as well, but could never seem to look at any of the demos... maybe just a firewall issue? It does seem like a great solution that addresses many of the aspects that prevent newbies from taking on web-based robotic control.

Here are two videos. Unfortunately, they don't seem to demonstrate too much:

www.robots-dreams.com/2006/03/arise_go_forth_.html#more
(go to the end of the article)

www.surveyor.com/images/srv1-tamiya.mov

A.C. fishing

Why does Parallax discontinue so much cool stuff??

Paul Baker

Variety of reasons, but the two most prominant is supply difficulties and demand. The RedI webserver was popular, but the company that made them had difficulty producing them after a while (not sure if it was an obsoleted part, or other issues). And some products just don't sell very well.

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