robotics

[Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com]

If you are a hardware wizard and can modify the circuitry of the RCM 
(robot control module) from an ER1 kit, this might work for you. I have an 
ER1 robot which my Revolution application controls over TCPIP sockets. It 
is really quite easy to do as the software that is provided with the kit 
includes an API just for allowing you to use a language of your choosing. 
The ER1 is PC based, and has an excellent vision based object recognition 
system for initiating events based on the robot seeing a specific object. 
You may be able to use this in some way for automated steering. I hope you 
can muster enough pedal power to keep a laptop charged for this solution.

http://www.evolution.com/er1/

Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>


"Kay C Lan" <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote
in message
news:f73a98160606051929t2d79b547q1fe869cfa3faeffb at mail.gmail.com...
> On 6/6/06, Greg Kolodziejzyk
> <greg at justgreg.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you are interested, the application is an auto-balance / auto-steer
>> mechanism for a human powered vehicle I built for a speed record:
>>
>
> Sorry, can't help, but I just wanted to say I really enjoyed your web
> page -
> especially your line on fossil fuels and bikes in garages:-). I'm a 
little
> surprised though at the thought of heading down an automated route, 
surely
> this can only add weight to something that essentially needs to be as
> light
> as possible. The sight of the iPod and mobile phone put a smile on my
> face;
> I almost feel I need to send the link to MacFormat magazine, they 
usually
> run photos of Macs/iPods in funny places. But still I would have tought
> weight was theeee issue, no mobile phone. An iPod, although I can see 
the
> value - get the right track selections and you can do wonders for
> maintaining a constant cadence; still, carrying them for 24hrs has got 
to
> be
> worth a km or two.
>
> Anyway, good luck:-)
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