Real Life Portal Turret Tracks Targets
Friday, 11th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Gaming
Tags: MATLAB, Mechatronics, Penn State University, portal 2, Portal Gun, servo, target, tracks, turret
Written by: Craig Hunter
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An engineering student has built a real-life Portal turret for his aptly named “Advanced Mechatronics” class project at Penn State University. The turret tracks its targets using “image processing” and deals out a less than lethal blow once its locked on. This will go great with the real-life Portal gun.
Equipped with two servo mounts with two “hacked-up” USB powered Nerf missile guns, the turret also has an IP webcam mounted in the middle to track targets. The camera senses RBG colors connected to a laptop running MATLAB… Continue reading “Real Life Portal Turret Tracks Targets” »
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