the video feed is a bit slow. Also added the head with a long neck the printer failed before it finished so it looks a bit ratty
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Web Interface
We have the web interface running and can control Beagle_bot with a web browser
the video feed is a bit slow. Also added the head with a long neck the printer failed before it finished so it looks a bit ratty
the video feed is a bit slow. Also added the head with a long neck the printer failed before it finished so it looks a bit ratty
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Update
Well it's been along time since the last update I have been side tracked on other projects
and not had much time for Qbot. After sorting out the 3D printer I changed the wheel mounts to a printed structure and added a 3:1 gearing to the drive wheels using herringbone gears. The printer also allows me to make better brackets and mounts. Over the past 12 months I started to make my own PCB,s (see Robbie the robot) to try and clear up the rats nest of wiring which was a major cause of unreliability. the biggest improvement was in the design of the head and the neck while not finished yet it makes the robot look better.
On the software side I started with a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.4 from Ubuntu's site this time the install worked as expected although the stock desktop is still slow the webcam a PS3 eye works
but at 26 FPS. Next was a install of ROS I used the Groovy dist because it had binary packages to install. My biggest problem is catkin and the changes to the package/stacks what i was used to doesn't work anymore so i have to relearn the new ways.
The plan for development is set up the web server with Rosbridge with the Pi_remote package
then move on to robot control through the web server. The web server and rosbridge are working the mjepg server is not (but i have to load the catkin version not the rosbuild version)
and not had much time for Qbot. After sorting out the 3D printer I changed the wheel mounts to a printed structure and added a 3:1 gearing to the drive wheels using herringbone gears. The printer also allows me to make better brackets and mounts. Over the past 12 months I started to make my own PCB,s (see Robbie the robot) to try and clear up the rats nest of wiring which was a major cause of unreliability. the biggest improvement was in the design of the head and the neck while not finished yet it makes the robot look better.
On the software side I started with a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.4 from Ubuntu's site this time the install worked as expected although the stock desktop is still slow the webcam a PS3 eye works
but at 26 FPS. Next was a install of ROS I used the Groovy dist because it had binary packages to install. My biggest problem is catkin and the changes to the package/stacks what i was used to doesn't work anymore so i have to relearn the new ways.
The plan for development is set up the web server with Rosbridge with the Pi_remote package
then move on to robot control through the web server. The web server and rosbridge are working the mjepg server is not (but i have to load the catkin version not the rosbuild version)
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