Comments on: Awesome spider bot http://ausrobotics.com/2007/09/awesome_spider_bot/ Because someone has to build our future robot overlords! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: kymhorsell http://ausrobotics.com/2007/09/awesome_spider_bot/comment-page-1/#comment-121 kymhorsell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-121 <p> Yes, pretty neat limb control. Of course, it's not doing too much moving, standing on a workbench. :) </p> <p> I also noticed the size of the servos.  Maybe bigger is better when it comes to neat, small, movements. </p> <p> 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. </p> 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.

]]> By: ash http://ausrobotics.com/2007/09/awesome_spider_bot/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ash Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-122 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! :) 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! :)

]]> By: rolandgpainter http://ausrobotics.com/2007/09/awesome_spider_bot/comment-page-1/#comment-123 rolandgpainter Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-123 <p> 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. </p> <p> I really should devote some time to my two four legged robots... </p> 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…

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