Posted: 6/3/2006 2:11 AM
(Edited: 6/4/2006 12:02 PM)
Post subject: A big thanks for all the help lately
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You might have noticed that I have been bothering everyone in #nesvideos with a lot of questions the last few months about C programming and whatnot. I'd like to thank everyone in #nesvideos for their fantastic help with all the questions I've had. I think it's safe to say that this project wouldn't have gotten far without your help... I thought it might be interesting for you to see the results of all the things I asked about: Sleipner, the robot we built and programmed from scratch. Properties: - Top speed: > 20 km/h - Ground clearance: 25 cm - Weight: 30 kg - Width: < 70 cm (can run indoors) - Operating time: ~1h - Individually suspended wheels with variable damping (terrain driving capabilities) - Low center of gravity - Zero turning radius Actuators: - Three brushless DC motors Sensors: - Motor encoders (RPM) - Rate-gyro (platform angle, angular velocity) - Angle sensor (steer wheel angle) - GPS What I did mostly - the main operating program - Threaded - Runs via WLAN on ssh - Manual and autonomous steering (waypoints) - Logging of all variables - Tuning parameters during running - Kalman filter for estimating position Thread and communications overview Actual position as calculated by Kalman filter and by GPS. (GPS signals tends to distort close to forests and walls. Also it doesn't work indoors.) Finally: Demonstration video (21 MB download) of Sleipner in action! Hugs and kisses for everyone. :)
Posted: 6/3/2006 2:13 AM
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I'm digging the name. Excellent work, Truncated. Also, even though I had nothing to do with any of this, you're welcome.
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Posted: 6/3/2006 9:05 AM
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Very cool I must say :)
Posted: 6/4/2006 5:02 AM
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Impressive! But where, oh where, is the video of the robot in motion?
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Posted: 6/4/2006 8:10 AM
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feitclub wrote:
Impressive! But where, oh where, is the video of the robot in motion?
Truncated wrote:
Finally: Demonstration video (21 MB download) of Sleipner in action!
Posted: 6/4/2006 10:19 AM
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that's cool, and should give you a couple of geek-points :) what made you do it? school/university, or just boredom?
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Posted: 6/4/2006 12:01 PM
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Tub: It was a university project, the last course before we go on to write our thesises. We were five guys doing this together for one semester, which would make it about 5 months. I don't even want to start to think of how many hours we put into this. :) feitclub: It's at the bottom as already pointed out, but perhaps I should make it more obvious. Oh, and something I forgot to mention: all of the #nesvideos crew was of course duly thanked in the Acknowledgements section in the documentation.
Posted: 6/4/2006 12:40 PM
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very cool!
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Posted: 6/4/2006 12:57 PM
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Sleipner the Sky Dragon? Or was that Slipher?
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Posted: 6/4/2006 1:25 PM
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Sleipnir was Odin's eight-legged horse in Norse mythology. Wikipedia link (It says there that it is sometimes anglicized as Sleipner, but in this case it's actually just the Swedish spelling.)
Posted: 6/4/2006 1:42 PM
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This is very very awesome, man.
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Posted: 6/4/2006 4:23 PM
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Alright, I fail for not paying closer attention. But where's the audio? Don't tell me you made a robot and forgot to make it talk.
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Posted: 6/4/2006 9:15 PM
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Blublu
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That is very cool. Very nice work, I must say.