Counter Strike
Links & Reviews
Software ideas to incorporate.
People tracking (read carefully if you can use this)
range finder (for trajectory dispensers)
Kevins Autonomous Turret project (using Weaponsgrade Kavelaars and FPGA)
Reviews. Hacked
Gadgets This Open Source Sentry Gun
project is not as advanced as some of the Sentry Gun Projects
that we have seen but it is something that can be built on and
has the ability to become a robust platform. If this is
something that you would like to contribute to why not contact
the author and see how you can help. Thanks Diederick "What can you attach to your
sentry as a dispenser? Anything that can attain its target in a
straight line is better than anything that has a parabolic
trajectory, this since the software doesn’t take distance and
therefore trajectory into account. In addition that you will
need a mother of a targeting algorithm in order to make this
work you will also need to factor in distance and other
environmental factors in order to attain your target, so
slingshots, catapults or trebuchets are out. "
http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/10/30/open-source-sentry-gun/ Gizmodo I know the week's barely
started, but I've already got the freakishly scary weekend
project I want to take on. Some folks have put together
instructions to build a completely automatic, autonomous sentry
gun. All the instructions, from how
to build the firing mechanism to the open source control
software, are available on the site below and while the video
clip leaves a bit to be desired for lack of an actual gun (water
or otherwise), I still think this is one kickass project. I
can't wait to build one and duck while it shoots paintballs at
anything that moves.
http://gizmodo.com/5395745/this-diy-automated-sentry-gun-looks-terrifyingly-easy-to-build BoingBoing Here are complete instructions
(software, source code, build manual, hardware) for an
autonomous sentry gun that will shoot anything that moves.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/02/instructions-for-bui.html Crunchgear I wanted to make one of these
for a long time. The problem was that there were no reasonable
tutorials or guides on how to proceed. Additionally I am not a
programmer by a long shot so the software was also a problem.
This was actually the biggest problem, there was no type of
software available at all. So read that again and think
long and hard if you want to trust this man to teach you how to
build an autonomous weapon that will shoot at anything that
movies. Are you thinking? Don’t lie. The gun will be able to
tell. And it will follow you and shoot you. So this dude has been wanting
to make one of these for a long time. He used a computer, a
camera, servos, and a gun with laser sight to create something
you’d pick up in Half-Life 2 and put down in a spot where those
dudes with the radios come out. It doesn’t actually look like
he mounted a gun to his little system, but, as with all fun-time
anarchists, it’s easiest to remove the last important step and
let the mad man or fool add in the final important part.
Luckily, this kit looks a too weak to hold up a Derringer let
alone a chain gun.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/02/instructions-for-creating-an-autonomous-sentry-gun/ Makezine The beginnings of an
Aliens-style (except, you know, without all the actual bullets
and killing and so forth) automatic sentry gun from diederick.
The tracking platform is obviously flexible, but I think he
intends to mount an AirSoft gun. Build details and code
downloads are available from his website.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/auto-tracking_sentry_gun_build.html
Ubergizmo
Want to have something fierce or at least, unorthodox to keep watch over your cubicle whenever you're away on a toilet break or chatting up the new secretary by the water cooler? The DIY autonomous sentry gun would come in handy then, so get your mouse clicking on the complete instructions that will result in an autonomous sentry gun that supposedly shoots anything that moves. No word on whether it recognizes its owner or not though.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/11/diy_autonomous_sentry_gun.html
