Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN 
I can then see a movie starring Bruce Willis as an international assasin
targetting high figures in Chicago. Oh Wait - thats been done.  Never
mind...

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:

> Leslie Newell wrote:
> > Use a paintball gun instead? Fire paint balls at a wall and write your
> > name :-)
> >
> Obligatory Mythbusters link:
> <
> http://videosift.com/video/MythBusters-CPU-vs-GPU-or-Paintball-Cannons-are-Cool
> >
>
>
> As for actually building one, you don't need and probably don't want all
> of emc.  You only need the motor control of HAL, and you can write a
> component (userspace even) that does all the calculations and then hits
> a trigger HAL pin.
>
> - Steve
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos 
Leslie Newell wrote:
> Use a paintball gun instead? Fire paint balls at a wall and write your
> name :-)
>
Obligatory Mythbusters link:



As for actually building one, you don't need and probably don't want all 
of emc.  You only need the motor control of HAL, and you can write a 
component (userspace even) that does all the calculations and then hits 
a trigger HAL pin.

- Steve

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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread Leslie Newell 
Use a paintball gun instead? Fire paint balls at a wall and write your 
name :-)

Les

On 07/10/10 05:24, Bill J 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.
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread Spiderdab 
Il 07/10/2010 11:26, Mark Wendt ha scritto:
> 'Tis the beginnings of Skynet.  Or maybe Cylons...  ;-)
>
> mark
>
:) and the password i guess it will be 'Joshua' !

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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread Mark Wendt 
'Tis the beginnings of Skynet.  Or maybe Cylons...  ;-)

mark

On 10/06/2010 11:36 PM, Igor Chudov 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
>   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
>> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
>> 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?
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-06 Thread Igor Chudov 
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  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  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
>>  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 
>> > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) 
>> > 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?
>> >
>> >
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-06 Thread Bill J 
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  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
>  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 
> > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) 
> > 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?
> >
> >
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-06 Thread Igor Chudov 
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
 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 
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) 
> 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?
>
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Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-06 Thread Edward Bernard 
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 
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) 
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?

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[Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-06 Thread Igor Chudov 
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?

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