Hah. That might be the most menacing little tank I’ve ever seen. Love to see one wandering around a crowded campus.

I like the idea of just letting a few of these loose on campus… they might not be dangerous, but there is something to be said about little machines that track anyone they sense, follow them, and shoot a pellet at their knee.

Maybe program them to recognize emo hairstyles?

That is awesome. But it needs to shoot a lot faster to chase the people around. Whoever made this should take it to japan and let it go in the streets, after gps is installed so it can hide out when it’s battery is low.

I agree with raver…
Still, great idea.

A lexan shell would not be too tricky to make for it, which ought to armor it against most accidental damage, but if someone decides to punt it, you’re screwed (well, your bot is…).

Seems from the vid that the target needs to wear a red wrap around his leg and help along a lot, so that’s a bit less impressive than the writeup makes it seem.

This makes me think, I wonder if you could hack something on a digital camera’s software, most point&shoot cameras now have face-recognition and even smile recognition, and focussing, often highlighted with squares on the display, so if you could somehow tap into its output you might have a pre-made targeting system of sorts, like for instance take the video-out, apply a filter to find the rectangle, adjust a motor to center it (or adjust to straight below the square to hit the body if it a device which shoots something like pellets). That would disregard the distance info though, but you can go more complex I’m sure.

Hey fartface, have you got more info on this monster? LOve to see some pics or build log ect!

Here’s a similar one, using a Lego NXT as the brain and a hacked IR Camera from a WiiMote for target locking…

http://trandi.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/tiger-1-bb-airsoft-rc-tank-%E2%80%93-v3/

dan