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Re: Awesome spider bot

rolandgpainter — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:18:48 -0000

Very fluid, smooth movement. I checked out the other info on the website, there are some videos of it walking around as well as some detail on construction and control.

I really should devote some time to my two four legged robots...

Re: Awesome spider bot

ash — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:11:00 -0000

Yeah definitely. That is how things like CityLink track the number of people in a car according to something I read somewhere.
I would be interested in seeing how it works for me as the standard 'skin colour' detector in RoboRealm doesn't seem to match my skin colour for some reason hehe :)
Sounds like you have a lot of great stuff to play with at the moment. It's gonna take you ages to get through it all! :)

Re: Awesome spider bot

kymhorsell — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:18:53 -0000

Yes, pretty neat limb control. Of course, it's not doing too much moving, standing on a workbench. :)

I also noticed the size of the servos. Maybe bigger is better when it comes to neat, small, movements.

I was tinkering around trying to detect gaze. Locating faces and eyes with vid processing is a bit tricky -- I can barely trace a single face in real-time at present -- but the idea of using the right IR emitter and maximizing the "redeye" seems a promising approach.