ERP Robot Camera Tracking

[StandardAI]

can you build a robot like this with a webcam so I can ship this off to india where my workers can consult the head and I can see them while they work while I am here in america???

[palmisano]

@StandardAI Yes, that is possible (and for me, easy). =P

[sonicpawnsyou]

I want to purchase this Pikachu.

[linusb212]

That robot design is very cool...the head movements are very raptor like. The sound is cool too...was that intentional?

I'm a newbie and have been studying your site...planning to build my first robot. The best tutorial site out there! Thank you very much!

[palmisano]

Nope, the sound was definitely not intentional!

[StreetMagiXX]

how do u make the robot arm please tell me

[palmisano]

you go to google and type 'robot arm tutorial' =P

[superchiku]

who calls palmisano as fake...he must be mad...this man is a genius ...

[awsutherland]

Are you doing the processing for blob identification on the board of the Backfin or externally (I see you have it tethered with what appears to be a programmer)? The backfin's manual says it has a 500 mhz processor with basic algorithms for blob identification built in.

[palmisano]

The BlackFin does all vision processing, and then transmits the centroid coordinates of the blob to my Axon microcontroller.

[squirlAssain]

This is fake. some one off camera is using a transmitter to tell the servos what to do...

[palmisano]

uhhhhh I promise you I'm not using a transmitter . . . look at my other videos =P

[noedelreet]

it will be sweet when it destroys that pikachu :)

[nihil1]

that's a freaking sound... :P

like a robot from a terror b-movie.

Now, really, on the subject... ultra-cool.

[ProtoTangelo]

WOW!! Thats really cool man! Very nice :D

[gordo4444]

Very cool Admin, but whats that loud clicking sound?

[palmisano]

Thats the servos fighting the high friction wheels on my carpet =P

[gordo4444]

Ohh haha.