Robot missile targeting

paulfo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:35:09 GMT

I'm off to Leicester University's 50th anniversary Science Day celebration this weekend - Saturday 8th.

I'll be showing off a number of fun things including something I'm working on at the moment - robotic missile launcher targeting :-)

With Braintech's new Volts-IQ vision SDK there is a Microsoft Robotics Studio service for face detection.

Using this service coupled with the also supplied USB Missile Launcher service (see my MSN USB Missile Launcher post - working in the robotics world is such fun!!) I intend to be able target visitors to my exhibition booth. I will of cause not allow the missile launcher to fire at people - but the missile launcher will pan around and show them being targeted on a small screen attached to the front of A1DW. Yes the missile launcher is already a planned peripheral for my favourite robot - my PC Bot 914 called A1-DW.

The Science day runs from 10 to 15:30. I will be in rooms G24 and G25 in the Maurice Shock Building. If your about it'll be great to see you!

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paulfo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:35:11 GMT

Today I spent over 90mins having x-rays taken of my kidneys. Its difficult to see the structure of kidneys in x-rays so a contrast medium is injected into you and you have to have an empty bladder.

Towards the end of the 90mins, before the final x-ray was taken, I was asked to 'go and empty my bladder again'; I replied I wasn't sure I could go - having been before the start.

Back came the chirpy response from the radiographer - 'Oh yes you can, there's quite a lot in there - I've just looked!' ;-)

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Robot missile targeting

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