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Re: A Generic Idea
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Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:59:49 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Øyvind Steinnes writes:
> So all we can conlude with todays equipment is that you need more CPU power
> to handle the data from a camera?
> Can a palm do this? Or other smallsize computers that exist today? Does
> anyone know of such a device?
> My thinking was to use a usb camera and the usb tower connected to this
> "robot brain" to controll the RCX from inside the same robot.
> And some of these palm-size computers probably have built in (or can be
> connected to) GSM, so there should be no problem sending the result of an
> spy mission back to base and sending back information about what to do next.
> Was that a stupid idea?
"All ideas are stupid until someone proves they work." :D No, I've been
thinking the same thing. (So it can't be stupid haha). A PDA with built-in
webcam (and mike) + hotwiring an RCX input to a serial port on the PDA would
probably be the ultimate choice. But a wireless camera, a palmtop, and a USB
tower could work too, though it requires more space.
With the images and sound being put directly into the PDA "brain", the only
communication that needs to be transmitted to/from the RCX has to do with
the "feet", i.e. the wheels/bumpers/grippers.
feet says: "oops! I bumped into sth"
brain says: "back up for 1 sec and I'll look what it was" (takes picture)
brain says: "Ooo it was a clutch gear! I've been looking for that for ages!
Pick it up! Pick it up!"
feet says: "I can't pick it up twice"
brain says: "blah. Very funny, Brainless. Bring it here."
feet says: "I ain't goin' nowhere, bub. Prrft" <-- CODE Pilot "Truck" SFX
And so on ad infinitum :D
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| (...) Yes - using the RCX as a fairly dumb motor controller and sensor input device makes a lot of sense. I've been doing that with the (even more primitive) Scout computers using the RCX as the 'brain'. (URL) modern PDA would make an excellent (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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