[Alan] pointed out this great commercial paintball sentry gun. The gun has a low power motherboard running Ubuntu connected to a firewire camera. Two high torque motors control the pan and tilt of a Tippman 98 custom. The control box allows for easy setup. You can change the sensitivity, color tracking, and firing modes. It also has a remote kill switch. All around a nice looking machine, but at … [Read more...]
DefconBots sentry gun competition
June 24, 2008 By 7 Comments
DefconBots is returning again this year with their shooting gallery robot competition for Defcon 16. They've decided to leave the rules unchanged from last year. It's a head to head competition between fully autonomous guns. The first gun to shoot all the targets on their side of the board wins. The rules aren't very strict on design; as long as you use nonlethal nonmessy amunition and include a … [Read more...]
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