Zooids - Open HW/SW small bots swarm - Page 1
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author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 06:45:56 pm
content: Hello!This afternoon I met the creator of a nice bots swarm curttently created to make research of alternative for user interface, display and input.https://youtu.be/ZVdAfDMP3m0Quite interesting! And all open, from PCB, 3D model, bots FW, control PC UI.https://github.com/ShapeLab/SwarmUIMade in relationship of Sean Follmer, creator of the Shape shifting user interface:Ho men! I really want to build some of these!

author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 09:38:18 am
content: Ho... surprised to didn't get more reaction from youI'm currently porting the embedded code from Crossworks to an open ARM compiler toolchain (editing by Qt Creator).The desktop command side is working on Visual Studio. need more time to understand the worflow on this side. between shape generator, simulator and server.And later will work a BOM from my usual suppliers to get a supplier price.Bots PCB is neat and seems to fit in the PCBPool technical constraints. But is done under Altium. I should port it under CircuitMaker to make it more Open compliant.See you!

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 10:38:41 am
content: Instead of a projector for tracking, it might be interesting to look at using a similar method to graphics tablets on the base (Micah recently did a couple of videos on these)

author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 10:47:56 am
content: Yeah, I've heard some remark that getting ride of the projector would be interesting.From your, guess what kind of "carpet" surface we could get as result? 1 to 5m² possible you think?And we should maybe consider using the near field to make data transmission instead of the 3Ghz radio.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 10:59:49 am
content: Thanks Miles, I really like these. There are a lot of possibilities for tracking, overhead camera maybe but I like the idea of near field comms and tracking.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 11:55:52 am
content: Quote from: Miles Teg on November 29, 2016, 10:47:56 amI'd imagine anything is possible, it just comes down to at what point costs become excessive.Another possibility might be capacitively coupling to a grid of electrodes (maybe PCB, or printed carbon ink) - you could use interpolation to get sub-pixel resolution on a fairly coarse grid.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 12:33:10 pm
content: Whaaaaa, Minions!

author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 12:55:43 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 29, 2016, 12:33:10 pmCreator said that everybody says that!!Thank Mike, Micah videos are really instructive around these oscillators "simple" designs.For ideas around zooids, I will focus now on making them work as designed, learning and mastering how they work. And will see... next year, how to improve.

author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2016, 08:40:18 pm
content: With more informations on positioning, SW flow and principles of change in user interface with humans.

author: Miles Teg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2017, 12:44:08 pm
content: DLP price is a big "ouchh!!"http://www.ti.com/tool/dlplightcrafter500-600$