GigapanBot, programmable motorized pan and tilt head

GigapanBot, programmable motorized pan and tilt head.
The controller and the mechanical parts have been developed during the last year based on the experience I made developing the PanoBot.
The motors are running very smoothly, due to the video compression it looks like they are jumping, but this is not the case in reality.

Don't miss to see this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a-cTWveBcY

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• gigapanbot
• panobot
• motorized
• pan
• tilt
• head
• gigapixel
• gigapan
• panorama
• timelapse
• merlin
• orion
• papywizard
• autopano
• ptgui
• servocity
• crane
• camera
• canon
• nikon
• olympus
• sony
• pentax
• remote
• nokia

[retepvosnul]

What is the prototyping material called that this thing is build out of ?

[pepoloe]

It is based on a Atmel AVR, a LCD display and some buttons ;-) Not to mention 4000 lines of code.

[retepvosnul]

Ah, cool. And with such an interface, 4000 lines seems reasonable. But I was actually revering to the structural rapid prototyping material, the beams, joins and pivots and such.

[pepoloe]

The head is build from Alu profile from Maytec or Item. Some parts are custom milled as well as the gears. I have tried different gear ratios from 1:20 to 1:100. Only depends if you want more speed or need more power. The motors should be as powerful as possible ;-)

[goldenboi24k]

Will it be affordable (under $800) ??

[pepoloe]

Definitely not.

[mrchecker]

Ich muss schon sagen, dein Gerät ist echt der Hammer.. Absolut professionell gebaut, und funktioniert offenbar bestens. Ich wäre schon froh, wenn ich mir eine schlechte klapprige Version bauen könnte ;)

[jesusgray922]

I want this video on my 7250i phone.

[ozawablog]

This video is a favorite on Ulaanbaatar

[xyztnce]

Please tell me

what motors you used. degree, voltage etc.

what gears used. worm or other and gearing ratio.

Dont ask code again its your secret:) I cant afford your bot even if you sell it :) But I will keep my struggle and effort and I will be successful.

[retepvosnul]

@pepoloe Thanks, I'll look into that material. It looks like great rapid construction material. I have prototyped one out of lego's and, apart from being able to properly set the nodal point, it works quite nicely ( with a DSLR even ). I found the standard lego motors to be accurate and powerful enough and fast enough with a 1:56 ration. Transmission is done through wormscrews.

Now that I know what I want and how to code it, I just needed proper building material, thanks again !.

[baszslap]

can you please tell me what kind of motors and worm gears did you used (what powers have the motors in Nm and what ratio do the gears have)

thank you very much

Stefan

[choota4]

How is this coming along mate> For sale yet.or even the mount? Is there any way you could do tiny increments for timelapse do you think. Then the biggy could you do ramped timelapse. Now that would be the perfecto system. good luck