I would love to know what BATF regulations would be violated, and certainly I would not undertake anything illegal.
i On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Bill J <ctxs...@gmail.com> wrote: > You may want to re-think advertising anything about actually building this, > you're going to be in violation of a few BATFE regulations. They're not > nice to people that violate their regulations. > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ed, thanks. My first idea is to make a very limited sector, where the >> robot can shoot and limit it mechanically. So a bug, like calculating >> bearing wrong, would not turn the robot around to kill its creator or >> bystanders. >> >> i >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Edward Bernard >> <yankeelena2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > OMG! Now you'll have us all under the scrutiny of Homeland Security! >> Certainly >> > would make a great video though. Maybe even better than the volleyball. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> >> > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 9:32:23 PM >> > Subject: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot >> > >> > I am considering making a portable (read, mounted on a hand truck) >> > robotic sniper. >> > >> > It would be a combination of EMC for positioning (two axes only, >> > horizontal and vertical plane), and a built in ballistics calculator. >> > >> > The robot would be orientated (homed) according to landmarks, and >> > would be told the coordinates of the target in relation to the >> > orientation, which is the bearing angle, distance and elevation. The >> > ballistic computer would compute the shooting parameters based on >> > these, and make adjustments for wind speed, temperature etc. EMC would >> > position the rifle and shoot. >> > >> > So this is not some sort of an evil orwellian concoction, because it >> > does exactly as it is told and does not involve any image recognition. >> > >> > But it would be cool to make a video of it whacking one pepsi can >> > after another, with astronomical precision. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports >> > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. >> > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great >> > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emc-users mailing list >> > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports >> > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. >> > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great >> > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emc-users mailing list >> > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports >> standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. >> Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great >> experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
