Frank wrote: > For all of these reasons, the "The Pittelli X-Prize" (as Doug has > named it) is hereby officially announced: > > "I, Frank Pittelli, will pay $1,000 (US) to the first person who > successfully deploys an autonomous vehicle on the battlefield that > scores a single hit on a designated opposing tank before being > destroyed itself during a normal R/C tank battle."
I cannot stand idly buy and let Frank go it alone in stakeholding this next step in technology. To help defer the development costs for any would be Pittelli X-Prize contenders I will offer the Cromwell chassis as a test bed for their autonomous weapons packages. The idea is that I will provide the Cromwell chassis (sans turret) for your live fire tests at the combat event of your choosing (one that I would normally be attending). I will provide you the mounting dimensions and a 24v feed so that it would be a simple plug and play setup at the battlefield. Your system will have to provide three servo signals to the hull to control the two drive motors and turret rotate motor. If you require any hull mounted sensor feeds or control feedback from the drive train we could work something out. Steve Tyng --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
