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RoboBlimp

1. RoboBlimp

This page is for the great Robo Blimp project at BMC.

http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/BMCBlimp.gif

1.1. Subprojects

Harware:

  1. Gondola - wiring, cutting: camera(s), servo(s), motors - DONE

  2. Blimp - art, patches, fins

Software:

  1. Buddy interface - wiring and software - ORDERED

  2. Code to split video images into 4 - DONE

  3. Code to combine two cameras into stereo

  4. Code to decode sound into distance

  5. Control code

1.2. Links

Parts list, rules, teams, etc.

  1. [WWW]2006 Website and Rules

  2. [WWW]2006 Parts List

  3. [WWW]2005 Website and Rules

  4. [WWW]2005 Villanova Team

1.3. Misc

Movies, reports, etc.

  1. [WWW]2005 Demo Video ([FILE]local copy)

  2. [WWW]Design and Construction of an Indoor Robotic Blimp for Urban Search and Rescue

1.4. Images

These are stereo images, first in color, then just edges. The cameras are 9 inches apart. Can you tell the distance to any of the objects?

http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/left.png http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/right.png
http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/left1.png http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/right1.png

How can we get depth information from these images?

http://vision.stanford.edu/~birch/p2p/

Result of color p2p disparity: Result of edge p2p disparity:
http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/dm.png http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/dm1.png

These are the first images from our wireless camera.

http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/blimp-01.png
Low-light wireless camera image
http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/blimp-02.png
Better light wireless camera image
http://bubo.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/images/blimp-03.png
Better light with flourescent book cover wireless camera image