Matt, where do you live? I'm all alone in my world as well. -Mike M
2009/5/21 Matt <[email protected]> > > I might have a go at it this summer when I'm out of school. I've got > no other battlers, so might as well pioneer the areas of autonomous > target tracking and engagement. > -Matt > > On May 21, 1:10 pm, Mike Måne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just for curiosity's sake, is any member here actually going to enter the > > Pittelli X-Prize? (No, offence; I think it's an interesting idea =D ) > > > > -Mike M > > > > 2009/5/21 Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doug Conn wrote: > > > > I tried this technique with the camera and laser in my tank. It > worked > > > > pretty well in low light and short ranges. In full daylight, though, > the > > > > laser point was not identifiable in the camera frame. > > > > > Ahhh ... the wonderfully subtle technical problems posed by The > Pittelli > > > X-Prize begin to reveal themselves. Despite all the TV shows and > > > YouTube videos showing a multitude of apparently simple techniques for > > > range finding, the reality is that reality is a bitch and the > > > battlefield is not your workshop or laboratory. > > > > > Even if you got a more powerful laser or a CCD that was tuned for the > > > laser, would the simple trig approach still work for something 50 feet > > > away? If you crank the numbers for targeting something 2 feet wide, > at > > > a range of 50 feet, with a co-axial distance of at most 2 feet (between > > > the camera lense and the laser), what pixel resolution do you need to > > > tell when that object has moved 3 feet forward or backward? > > > > > RE: Radar ranging: In the U.S., the FCC limits the power output of > > > commercial wide-spectrum radar devices so that the maximum realistic > > > motion detection range is about 25 feet. Government devices can be > more > > > powerful, but sale of those devices is restricted. > > > > > BTW: Feel free to cross-post the existence of The Pittelli X-Prize to > > > all of the autonomous robot mailing lists and forums. You'll probably > > > get lots of wonderful ideas from them, but I seriously doubt any of the > > > thousands of autonomous roboteers will actually take up the challenge. > > > After reading it, they'll just go back to building their desktop "bug > > > walkers" and LEGO-based contraptions, to impress their non-technical > > > friends and family. > > > > > Frank P. > > > > -- > > -Mike Måne @http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com > > > -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
