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STATUS: --STILL ON PROGRESS--
LOG:
1st bot-project starting: Thu Jul 24 02:51:14 EEST 2008
Materials needed:
rc-controlled vehicle (in this case 1:16 german panzerkampfwagen III)
8-relay controller (operated via rs232)
Via artigo builders kit + battery solution
Some plastic, screws, imagination :-)
More to be added later.
Project pictures:
For the starters few pictures from the tank, 1st plan is to remove the turret and and some wiring.
UPDATE: Fri Jul 25 19:34:48 EEST 2008
New pictures will be added tomorrow, tank is getting the plastic plate and turret removed.
Also deciding where to add the webcam physically.
Waiting for parts for pc(battery) and relaycontroller.
UPDATE: Sat Jul 26 15:40:33 EEST 2008
Here is some pictures and spec about the via artigo kit:
http://deviate.fi/~ifreq/artigo/
Relaycontroller:
http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/K8056
UPDATE: Sat Jul 26 17:45:22 EEST 2008
Here is few pics for the new plastic plate(lasercut) This will be the base for the via artigo kit, and extra battery.
Place for the webcam is decided now too. Next step will be installing relaycontroller to the remotecontrol.
More pictures and plans will be added next week! :-)
oh that just looks like some
Its is the..
Its the 1:16 german panzerkampfwagen III rc-tank.
Cost is about 70-100 USD or same with EURO. Its quite long too 53cm, so there is lots of space to hookup my computer and extra battery. Turret will be replaced with a cheap webcam.
Next steps are: Hooking up the webcam and cleaning up some wiring. Soldering relay controller to the rc-controller, and install it directly to the tank. Installing the extra battery and the computer. +Some serious programming. Tank will be propably running with Linux.
Planned future upgrades will be IR-sensors and Solar Panel.
adding a webcam would be
webcam
Im going to hookup webcam to the via artigo kit (which is 5.25" PC with pico-itx board). Operating system will be Linux.
The PC will be connected to the internet via wifi-access, and via wifi there is plan also for control the robots movements.
Major problem is still to find suitable battery for the PC-unit.
just for the record70-100
just for the record
70-100 USD is rougly 45-65 EURO
/ vzz-clck-"Maneuver"
Yes and..
just to let you know many hardware are equal with USD price = EUR price here in Finland anyways. (because of the countrys own taxes)
I'm confused, the project
There is no plain purpose on
There is no plain purpose on bot yet, plan will be 1st that bot will be have two working modes:
a) controlled via internet
b) home patrolling alone and sending pictures to internet executed with motion sensor
After these steps are completed, I dont know what are the next plans, as the bot will be hooked up with
pico-itx board it will have quite much to offer, any good ideas? :)
uhm the pico itx will give
uhm the pico itx will give you plenty of power :P
Maybe you already know it, but there's a great program for motion sensing at http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome I used it some time ago. Maybe you can find it useful :)
Yes ive allready installed
Yes ive allready installed it and tested, works just fine :) It also provides me with realtime stream with httpd-daemon.
OS atm is fedora linux, im planning to either keep it or switch to archlinux.
Looks like a fun project.
Wifi-adapter will be A-link
Wifi-adapter will be A-link usb dongle 54Mbps, tested and works ok (with WEP-encryption). Relay controller used will be:
http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/K8056
So are you going to connect
So are you going to connect it to a serial port on the on-board computer? Do you plan to ssh or telnet from your laptop/desktop into your bot and control the bot through serial commands?
Yes, im going to connect it
Yes, im going to connect it via rs232 to the remotecontroller and pc. ssh access will be available ofcourse but the bots movement will be mainly accessed via www-page which offers live webcam feed and the control buttons.This will be done probaply via perl and php scripts + some shell scripting. When I get the bot finished I may offer some REAL demo if you want to try it out :-)
Sure, thanks.I'm kind of
Sure, thanks.
I'm kind of working in the same vein with lokibot, although a bit larger scale, and I'll end up using a java framework + jni - if your interested I'll keep you updated too.
Yeh, would be great :-)
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Sorry I dont fully