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overlay data from an arduino on live video
The Video Experimenter shield from nootropic design allows data overlay from a camera.  This is the demo program running.  I'm using an old pair of video goggles … Read more

RFID Keylock - RBBB Propeller

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Continued......... Video explains the details ....including the painstaking job of finding the right house wires....ekkk

Removed the "Elfish PC" as its needed on another project.........

..... Replaced with a super cool RBBB Propeller board M44D40 found on the parallax forum, for 20 dollars.

I choose this board because of its size and simplicity (it has to fit inside my RFID box) .

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Drive around, stream video back to the driver.
Using a
We are working on the software and hardware infrastructure to control vehicles (car, tank, quad-copter, etc.) over the internet. This is complete opensource project … Read more

Camera that can do everything - call for suggestions

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I need your suggestions and recommendations.

What if I were to buy a fancy camera for a robot? I want it to be able to do pretty much everything. And still fit on my robot.

Let's see first what "everything" means. This list can grow as you make suggestions in the comments.

Ardunio - The Documentary

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That you guys might like this....   :)

This is a great one to watch running at about 28 minutes, very impressive and a great story behind what we find in so many of our robots today.

Arduino - The Documentary

DarwinBot now in Soccer mode

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My DarwinBot has been reincarnated into erhhmmm something completely else.

As it is right now (if it is indeed live at all) you get to control it. It is very very simple. Just five little commands. To get control, you must use the magic word first: control (and hit send). Now you have a limited amount of time to control the bot.

The available commands are:

Multipurpose manually controlled platform with wireless video.
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Video Goggles

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Presented here is a video goggle system assembled from commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) components.  The system can be made from recycled materials for under $100.

We have many visitors from china that have problems watching some of our stuff
If you are in China, you probably are aware that A) There are restrictions to your Internet B) There are ways to bypass these restrictions Now, I am not at all an … Read more

Help...Need to build wireless robot

hi all. I'm a beginner.

i need to build a robot driving to wheels.

controlled wirelessly through a laptop 

and need to have atleast 4 channels 

transmit video from 2 cameras to the laptop(range 100m) 

 

presently i'm using arduino to control the robot.

please suggest me what i can use to make those above possible.

i lesser range will do. 

 

 

Incredible wooden mechanical machines video

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Have a look at the engineering that has gone into some of these machines. I especially like the gearbox mechanism on the 2nd video to change from raising to extending the arm.
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Some questions from a beginner.

Hi Everyone,

First, thanks for taking the time to read the forum and answer questions from new guys. I know it's sometimes a pretty thankless task, despite being very time consuming!

 The site looks like an excellent resource, and when I have the time I shall read it more thoroughly. In the meantime I have some quite simple questions about a robot that I'd like to build.

Entry For Oddbots Robot Video Competition

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Hi all, it's 2:44 am (yawn), and here is my video.

 

I spent ages trying to work out the music for it only to find out just before uploading it

that Youtube will probably mute it :(

 

Oh well. if it happens i'll try another service.

anyway do enjoy. 

 

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Half Life Full Life Consequences: Free Man

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I can't handle the stupid alone, so I decided to share.
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Video editing issues

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So a lot of people want to use the lmr watermark on their videos, but how do we do it?

Please comment what programs you use to edit your videos, and I will use my connections toget information on each one. Maybe we can get a little FAQ going on this guys!

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I think there is something that Rik isn't telling us...

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Do you secretly have long hair and like to wail on keyboards???

I wish I found this when you posted the previous "pulse"

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Remoted controlled mobile platform for videoing robots.
Using a
This is Pictomatix, a 4WD mobile platform for videoing my robots. Taking advantage of picaxe's infrain2 command to make the most of the 08M's limited I/O pins. I'm … Read more

Live video streaming for remotely operated robots, solutions?

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Hello!

I recently tried a small videocamera like this one, and i must say that, despite the low quality, they do a decent job, except when heavily shaked.

Now, the main problem is that they have a limited range, and that they have a radio signal on their own, separated from the main robot control. This means that you cannot make a program that behave based on the images, and that the two radio signals can have different ranges.

LMR scrapbook

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Hey guys,

More and more often our work is showcased on other sites - let's have it collected, links, scrapbook :)

We all know that a robot is supposed to move. Without movement, a robot is just dull. The same goes for pictures of robots. We wanna see them move! Here are a few … Read more
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Amazing homebuilt quadruped

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Searching for robot videos on youtube I came across this japanese guys profile. The quadruped in the video has a really interesting leg structure, not to mention the extra drive wheels. Check out the videos, it just looks and moves amazing!

Mounted arm playing with balls..

Movement, sans arm..

Leg detail

 

about video on LMR

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Before I start making and sharing videos: Which video service would you recommend?

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Radio video emmiter

I've posted something similar to this, but the previous question was how to convert a USB connector to a normal video connector, the question now is how to transmit video through radio.

What I want to build is a radio emmiter and a radio reciver for this purpose, sending ONLY video to transmit from a camera to a TV.

Does someone know how to build this and what I need to do so?

 

Video transmission

Hi everyone,

I'm quite new in all of this, but i want to build a robot able to transmit video, and possibly sound. I've got a common webcam and I want to make it wire less, but I don't know how to do it.

I would apreciate any help from you lot.

Thanks.