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Realizing that no one seemed to post on the front page of the blog in 10 months, I figured that I should provide a brief upgrade on the robot.
Roborealm is currently used as the backbone of this project. In addition to providing a substantial list of image processing capabilities, it also has the ability to use custom-made filters and to transfer images over the network. It has capabilities to control the pan/tilt/zoom of the Creative Live! webcam and the iRobot Create robotic platform. Roborealm itself can also be controlled via a network connection. This is essentially a one-stop shop for everything that we needed. Best of all, its free!
Since the discovery of Roborealm, we have been trying to get individual components to work properly with the software.
Creative Live! Webcam-
-Zoom can be controlled with precision
-There are six increments (three from center on each side) that the motor could pan to
iRobot Create-
-Interface is much cleaner and easier to use than the Roombacomm software package that was used before
-All the sensor data could be taken with ease since the VB scripting module operates in a polling mode
Laser-
-Laser is powered directly off the iRobot create and could be turned on and off using the iRobot Create module.
Roborealm Networking Capabilities-
-Good question!
The goal right now is to get the image processing capabilities to work, the last piece of the puzzle.
-Howard