what if it sucks up the bullets? And what if , like a cock fight, we could have 2 aifsoft roombas face off against each other? BUT what if the Terminator movie is true and roombas take over the world? MUFFINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since 1942, Issac Asimov created the rules for his science fiction books on Robotics. The rules seemed pretty sensible though so real life robotics researchers adopted them.
Breaking the rule of robotics already? A robot cannot cause harm to a person and cannot, through inaction, let a person be harmed. Rule #1. It's all fun and games now that the technology is new but give it a few decades and someone will get seriously fucked up by arming robots.
Sorry to disappoint you but it does shoot every time. the hopper keeps the pellets loaded. check out the newer video and you can see close ups of the hopper while firing. yes there are hoppers out there that allow for faster fire rates but this is a bottom of the line airsoft gun. does not fire that fast!
A more advanced algorithm would be better (to shoot ahead of people who are moving, to deal better with multiple equally hot signals, etc), but it'd be a start.
first you have to get it to detect humans vs objects before u can track and shoot them. thermal sensor + cpu searching for large, warm patterns... like even household pets! oh no! roomba put kitty's eye out! ;;
Now you just need to have it be triggered by (and aim by) an infrared camera, and you'll have the ultimate sentrybot for a game of Nerf Wars :)
The software would be really easy to write. Find the hottest pixel. If it's over a low threshold, turn the robot to face it by turning in the direction that the hottest pixel is from the center until the hottest pixel shows up as nearly centered. If it's over a higher threshold, start firing.
cool but you shoulda used a systema gearbox :D you could have about 900rpm (WAY FASTER THAN THAT THING) and shooting at about 450 feet per second :D that's how REAL airsofts are... not ones that you buy at the store that are plastic.... plastic gearboxes are less durable, less powerful, and shoot slower. even if you did crank up that plastic gearbox with like a 10.8v battery the bushings would fry in a matter of minutes. I WANT TO SEE IT WITH A SYSTEMA THEN ILL BE HAPPY :D
oh yeah... kinda forgot about the kids part lol. I just can't stop imagining what it would be like if it was uber pimp :D i'm going to mount something on an RC car but idk.... how do you control the airsoft wirelessly??? I'm probably too stupid because my IQ is average(97) and not supergenius like some people........ but hey! i Know how to solder and repair airsoft guns :)
I hooked up a relay to a control switch on the roomba that is normally used to turn on the vacuum so when i hit the vacuum button it trips/energizes the relay that connects a 4aa cell battery pack directly to the motor in the airsoft. I added a timer circut into the relay circut to limit the duration so I would not empty the ammo hopper quickly but that was extra, ran it for a while without the timer.
If you can solder and repair airsoft you can handle this, nothing too special. Look for an rc car or other vehicle that has another feature/function or channel. wire up the relay to that feature. (some cars you can beep the horn or turn on lights remotely) you can buy a small wireless camera pretty cheap and run it to your tv. don't forget to add a laser line level to the barrel, makes aiming easier and looks cool!
sweet, sounds easy. I should have a video of what I'm planning to make some time this month. cross your fingers and hope i dont shoot myself with it in the making XD
oh yeah. I might add a rocket feature because i just found out how to make it so i can model rocket engines(with the turn left feature on a remote control helicopter LOL) And i don't mean to double post sorry.
rockets and airsoft? or just one or the other? I have done the rocket r/c thing before. it is cool but you only get one shot each "run" the airsoft is cool because you can blast away as long as your ammo holds out. I forgot to mention that i have used two r/c cars together for more functions.. the first car is the base/motion vehicle and the second car is gutted, and strapped to the first. just keep the r/c board and use the motor wires to control the relay.
yeah I'm using a control thing from a helicopter to control the airsoft. Last night i experimented with the rocket thing and i'm not sure the rocket will fly straight(but i got it to ignite), because my launching rod isn't long enough and has a small bend so i'm just guna have it light fireworks instead. I couldn't afford a whole gearbox, hopup and barrel assembly so i just bought a mini like on yours. Did you use a webcam or an RCA security camera on yours?
I'm so angry at myself!!! I messed everything up in every way possible so now i have to restart. It's a long story :(. The only thing i didnt mess up is the camera i got which might barely be usable.
Hey, I've fried a lot of circuits before, it is expected when you are being creative, i usually buy two of everything of the cheap stuff just so I have back up. I remember when I was thirteen i gave up on several projects just because things broke! I did not know any better, I gave up and put a lot of cool projects aside until i was much older. i did not realize that mistakes happen and anything worth doing is worth doing several times to get right.
umm opinion not saying its bad i think its really awesome but u shud make it to pint up cuzlike if u shoot a shoe.... not gunna hurt very kool gun bro gratz
Thanks for the comment! my new video shows it better.
I use this robot to teach kids about robotics. It is designed not to shoot up for safety. I could easily make Elevation control (up-down) via bluetooth but it would not be safe to use around kids. Usually I set up many cans and plastic cups as targets and let them drive it via the laptop. It is very hard to aim when you are not in the same room as you only have the onboard camera for vision.
I have seen the Roomba in action on other videos. It's terribly inefficient and does not clean 100% of the room. And although the manufacturer advertises it, I think the 3-4 repetitions that it does on any area is because of this inefficiency and that just slows it down.
If the Roomba knew the length and width of the room already, alongwith other dimensions, then it could potentially clean faster, with one single pass on any area.
What do you mean by inefficient? Time? money? energy? a small robot that can travel under furniture can only carry so many batteries and motors, it is a balance of weight, motor size and speed. to do this for a cost that their target market would accept they chose a small 14 volt battery pack and small motors which are of medium quality, the multiple passes are required to catch all the dirt and to ensure that the whole room is covered.
in high school physics we had a cannon that shot ball bearings in an experiment that was called "shoot the monkey" we learned that an object falls at the same rate regardless of its horizontal velocity. That led to an introduction of orbital dynamics, we went from leonardos cannons to soft landing on a distant planet in one week. It is up to the school boards that we elect to understand what is an apropriate response to a perceived threat.
yes, and as a pre-service teacher I would not put too much faith in those school boards to make that distinction... unfortunately we now live in the zero-tolerance era... innovate at your own risk!
Sorry to dissapoint everyone, I did not take the video, it was just a quick movie to document the trial run. was planning on shooting a proper video but have not had time. again the purpose was just a quick record of the robot, not to see the airsoft in action.
Hmm, could be a good start for a cleaning/security robot...
Although that were me building it, I'd hook up a taser to the thing; nothing like a little disc roving up to a trespasser and incapacitating him. XD
IM1StealthPilot 1 year ago
lol
qv9jrcxx 2 years ago
what if it sucks up the bullets? And what if , like a cock fight, we could have 2 aifsoft roombas face off against each other? BUT what if the Terminator movie is true and roombas take over the world? MUFFINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahayoudied123 3 years ago 9
lol muffins
chocobo922 2 years ago
only has to hoover up the ball bearings to reload lmfao
Wabbit0789 3 years ago
a new generation tank might look like this, XD
sdutango 3 years ago
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fugitive12345678910 3 years ago
"And they have a plan." battlestar galactica lol
FailedSquare 3 years ago
@FailedSquare XD
IamBuddhaHearMeBurp 2 years ago
The Roomba with Airsoft Gun
"shoots the enemies, and cleans the blood"
IPlayInBeastMode 3 years ago 5
does it clean up after itself?
SlavaVB 3 years ago
roomba suppose to be a cleaning machine, not a machine to make a mess. haha
sdutango 3 years ago
I bet they could get it to pick up the bullets. XD
firehead333 2 years ago
pick it back up and shoot again... lol. Smart!
sdutango 2 years ago
@firehead333 the next step is to let it pick up the Bullets and refill his Clip with it.
smellcaster 9 months ago
Ah, that was supposed to be a reply to the question 'since when are there "rules to robots".
Of course the rules aren't official in any way.
TheAdLab 3 years ago
Since 1942, Issac Asimov created the rules for his science fiction books on Robotics. The rules seemed pretty sensible though so real life robotics researchers adopted them.
TheAdLab 3 years ago
dumbass, u probobly dont get out much do you?
spartanpooper 3 years ago 2
its frum a movie dude, chill out
spartanpooper 3 years ago
iRobot to be exact.
youngcreative 3 years ago
would be really cool if it could vacuum up the airsoft pellets and reload itself :)
mortimer452 3 years ago 7
Breaking the rule of robotics already? A robot cannot cause harm to a person and cannot, through inaction, let a person be harmed. Rule #1. It's all fun and games now that the technology is new but give it a few decades and someone will get seriously fucked up by arming robots.
jackhole343 3 years ago
i robot reference, i love it
dannypfan007 3 years ago
Can it pick uo the BB balls againg?
monsterdax 4 years ago
I suppose this revolution starts with arming Roombas but will end up with all of us in Cylon labor camps. THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!!!!!
larrymoeshemp 4 years ago
you should aim up so you can hit targets in the torso...shooting feet isnt gonna do much.
stankylittleangus 4 years ago
What happens when it becomes self aware?
Anti2633 4 years ago 11
lol, were gunna be in pain...
fmftrx300ex 4 years ago 2
cool,but it would be better if yall could make it taller
SuperHotshot08 4 years ago
NOOOooo! THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION! I'm scared...
0Bacchus1 4 years ago
it doesnt shoot everytime,
it needs a funnel hopper (like the fully auto paintball guns)
or aka, the ones with a motor that feeds the paintballs faster than gravity would
MikeHawkhurtsbad 4 years ago
Sorry to disappoint you but it does shoot every time. the hopper keeps the pellets loaded. check out the newer video and you can see close ups of the hopper while firing. yes there are hoppers out there that allow for faster fire rates but this is a bottom of the line airsoft gun. does not fire that fast!
isorobot 4 years ago
A more advanced algorithm would be better (to shoot ahead of people who are moving, to deal better with multiple equally hot signals, etc), but it'd be a start.
KarenRei 4 years ago
first you have to get it to detect humans vs objects before u can track and shoot them. thermal sensor + cpu searching for large, warm patterns... like even household pets! oh no! roomba put kitty's eye out! ;;
pulmonq2 4 years ago
my dog would eat roomba, no matter how many times it shot it, and my cat would sneak up on it and get it to join her evil forces (my cat is evil lol)
mrguyorama 3 years ago
Now you just need to have it be triggered by (and aim by) an infrared camera, and you'll have the ultimate sentrybot for a game of Nerf Wars :)
The software would be really easy to write. Find the hottest pixel. If it's over a low threshold, turn the robot to face it by turning in the direction that the hottest pixel is from the center until the hottest pixel shows up as nearly centered. If it's over a higher threshold, start firing.
KarenRei 4 years ago
Check out the edited version of this video, got rid of the annoying overlay titles! and added close ups at the end. click on my
name upper right corner.
isorobot 4 years ago
cool but you shoulda used a systema gearbox :D you could have about 900rpm (WAY FASTER THAN THAT THING) and shooting at about 450 feet per second :D that's how REAL airsofts are... not ones that you buy at the store that are plastic.... plastic gearboxes are less durable, less powerful, and shoot slower. even if you did crank up that plastic gearbox with like a 10.8v battery the bushings would fry in a matter of minutes. I WANT TO SEE IT WITH A SYSTEMA THEN ILL BE HAPPY :D
frickinjim 4 years ago
Sounds cool but like I said, this is designed to demonstrate robotics to kids. Safety first, cool, high speed rapid fire has to take second.
Plus I spent all of eleven bucks on it! plastic is the way to go if you don't care about FPS or fire rate.
isorobot 4 years ago
oh yeah... kinda forgot about the kids part lol. I just can't stop imagining what it would be like if it was uber pimp :D i'm going to mount something on an RC car but idk.... how do you control the airsoft wirelessly??? I'm probably too stupid because my IQ is average(97) and not supergenius like some people........ but hey! i Know how to solder and repair airsoft guns :)
frickinjim 4 years ago
I hooked up a relay to a control switch on the roomba that is normally used to turn on the vacuum so when i hit the vacuum button it trips/energizes the relay that connects a 4aa cell battery pack directly to the motor in the airsoft. I added a timer circut into the relay circut to limit the duration so I would not empty the ammo hopper quickly but that was extra, ran it for a while without the timer.
isorobot 4 years ago
If you can solder and repair airsoft you can handle this, nothing too special. Look for an rc car or other vehicle that has another feature/function or channel. wire up the relay to that feature. (some cars you can beep the horn or turn on lights remotely) you can buy a small wireless camera pretty cheap and run it to your tv. don't forget to add a laser line level to the barrel, makes aiming easier and looks cool!
isorobot 4 years ago
sweet, sounds easy. I should have a video of what I'm planning to make some time this month. cross your fingers and hope i dont shoot myself with it in the making XD
frickinjim 4 years ago
oh yeah. I might add a rocket feature because i just found out how to make it so i can model rocket engines(with the turn left feature on a remote control helicopter LOL) And i don't mean to double post sorry.
frickinjim 4 years ago
rockets and airsoft? or just one or the other? I have done the rocket r/c thing before. it is cool but you only get one shot each "run" the airsoft is cool because you can blast away as long as your ammo holds out. I forgot to mention that i have used two r/c cars together for more functions.. the first car is the base/motion vehicle and the second car is gutted, and strapped to the first. just keep the r/c board and use the motor wires to control the relay.
isorobot 4 years ago
yeah I'm using a control thing from a helicopter to control the airsoft. Last night i experimented with the rocket thing and i'm not sure the rocket will fly straight(but i got it to ignite), because my launching rod isn't long enough and has a small bend so i'm just guna have it light fireworks instead. I couldn't afford a whole gearbox, hopup and barrel assembly so i just bought a mini like on yours. Did you use a webcam or an RCA security camera on yours?
frickinjim 4 years ago
still sounds cool, i used a security cam that i found on sale.
isorobot 4 years ago
I'm so angry at myself!!! I messed everything up in every way possible so now i have to restart. It's a long story :(. The only thing i didnt mess up is the camera i got which might barely be usable.
frickinjim 4 years ago
Hey, I've fried a lot of circuits before, it is expected when you are being creative, i usually buy two of everything of the cheap stuff just so I have back up. I remember when I was thirteen i gave up on several projects just because things broke! I did not know any better, I gave up and put a lot of cool projects aside until i was much older. i did not realize that mistakes happen and anything worth doing is worth doing several times to get right.
isorobot 4 years ago
I'm posting the video of version 1.1 which is the basic RC airsoft as a video response to the roomba red with airsoft new video
frickinjim 4 years ago
whats awesome is you can have him run around shooting, and then he'll go and clean up after himself (wish the people in my airsoft group did that)
teamnitros 4 years ago
umm opinion not saying its bad i think its really awesome but u shud make it to pint up cuzlike if u shoot a shoe.... not gunna hurt very kool gun bro gratz
pinner50 4 years ago
Thanks for the comment! my new video shows it better.
I use this robot to teach kids about robotics. It is designed not to shoot up for safety. I could easily make Elevation control (up-down) via bluetooth but it would not be safe to use around kids. Usually I set up many cans and plastic cups as targets and let them drive it via the laptop. It is very hard to aim when you are not in the same room as you only have the onboard camera for vision.
isorobot 4 years ago
awsome!!
airsoftkid97 4 years ago
oo is that the vacum cleaner thing haha that awesome
EvilEasties 4 years ago
its made from a gear box
VietPL 4 years ago
ill pay you 800 bucks for it.
NuclearWarhead2323 4 years ago
Sounds good to me!~
But if you buy the book you can have your own for a lot less. It is simple to do and fun.
go to hacking roomba dot com
isorobot 4 years ago
Actually there is a better edited video with nice pics at end, check out my video page for the other one.
isorobot 4 years ago
now if your dog is dragging his ass across the floor, you can shoot it off! What more do you need?
skateboardermangk 4 years ago
I want this. I'm willing to pay for it.
CornJer 4 years ago
now you can protect the carpet...
LordAbortion1349 4 years ago
I have seen the Roomba in action on other videos. It's terribly inefficient and does not clean 100% of the room. And although the manufacturer advertises it, I think the 3-4 repetitions that it does on any area is because of this inefficiency and that just slows it down.
If the Roomba knew the length and width of the room already, alongwith other dimensions, then it could potentially clean faster, with one single pass on any area.
gosuperman 4 years ago
What do you mean by inefficient? Time? money? energy? a small robot that can travel under furniture can only carry so many batteries and motors, it is a balance of weight, motor size and speed. to do this for a cost that their target market would accept they chose a small 14 volt battery pack and small motors which are of medium quality, the multiple passes are required to catch all the dirt and to ensure that the whole room is covered.
isorobot 4 years ago
creating a robot with a gun in school... thats a great way to get a suspension or expulsion!
bgdrewsif 4 years ago
in high school physics we had a cannon that shot ball bearings in an experiment that was called "shoot the monkey" we learned that an object falls at the same rate regardless of its horizontal velocity. That led to an introduction of orbital dynamics, we went from leonardos cannons to soft landing on a distant planet in one week. It is up to the school boards that we elect to understand what is an apropriate response to a perceived threat.
isorobot 4 years ago
yes, and as a pre-service teacher I would not put too much faith in those school boards to make that distinction... unfortunately we now live in the zero-tolerance era... innovate at your own risk!
bgdrewsif 4 years ago
Every school board is different, playing it safe the whole way through won't get you far.
aopdjasldksa 4 years ago
Now for the final version, get NICE gun, like a TM or a CA.
EbonVandal 4 years ago
maybe you could do something more useful like allowing users to program the room dimensions so that this thing cleans more efficiently.
gosuperman 4 years ago
Dosent this contradict the first law of robotics?
supressorgrid 4 years ago
Sorry to dissapoint everyone, I did not take the video, it was just a quick movie to document the trial run. was planning on shooting a proper video but have not had time. again the purpose was just a quick record of the robot, not to see the airsoft in action.
isorobot 4 years ago
hmm the angle of the camera is wrong and still there is no way to see clear that it really shoots...
TBMFan 4 years ago
''main concept demo version'' ruins it
RinaldiM4 4 years ago
''main concept demo version'' ruins it
RinaldiM4 4 years ago
now all you need is 100 of those
LeonTheSwordsman 4 years ago
thats really cool. can u control it?
johnorocks 5 years ago