Protei-005
Also on youtube
http://protei.org
Protei-005 testing
20100911, Nabi Art Center, Seoul
By
Open_Sailing | opensailing.net
randomwalks | randomwalks.org
at the Nabi Art Center in Seoul | nabi.or.kr
With the kind support of
V2_ | v2.nl
LA Bucket Brigade | labucketbrigade.org
Suzette Becker Toledano | suzettebecker.com
Protei-005's aim is to have the control on-board, no more remote controlling like 002, 003, the machine should sense its environment and make the decision where to go next.
The test did not go so well, but we've learnt a lot on the way :
- the basic electronics (diagrams and pictures coming up soon on the http://protei.org) is pretty good, worked out of the water and provides a good extendable basis for future developments.
- improved miniaturization
- simpler shape are easier to compute and evaluate (drag + turbulences) so that's also quite a good thing for simple dynamic engineering
BUT
the many cool things about Protei-005 is that we start to sketch a model for evaluation :) So, we have
- wind sensor (direction + power) made from a Wiimote Nunchuck
- accelerometers on board, vibration sensors
- Xbee to send the information in real-time to a logging computer
And even better, we have a webcam above the whole setting capturing the boat movement. So we have with Protei-005, not only a semi-autonomous machine but also a good indoor evaluation setup. Eventhough the test wasn't impressive (not bad for 3 days of work on a robot though), we have a lot of new infos. So in the close future, it is not only about the machine but it is about :
