> On Jun 25, 2012 10:22 AM, "Steven Wells" <513steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Will anyone be at the Hive this afternoon? To receive the 2560 and a Dell laptop Latitude D630.

> Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 24, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Jim <jim.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Stopped by the HIVE Saturday.  LOTS of folks were there working and
> > playing in the comfort of the new AC.  Took the two batteries out of
> > the wheelchair and also two batteries from Chris' stash.  The battery
> > store did a test and said the two wheelchair batteries were dead, and
> > Chris' two batteries should work OK.  I've got them on the charger now
> > and we'll see what they can do by Tuesday night.

> > Also does anyone have a spare Ardunio to use short term or long term?
> > We had troubles loading the Mega last week and are looking for an
> > alternate Tuesday night and perhaps beyond.

> > Jim

> > On Jun 23, 11:50 am, Jim <jim.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hodapp, if you're still into leading this part, it would be great to
> >> pull together a laptop with DaveB's webcam and Craig's software
> >> suggestions that could communiate to Brent's beagleboard and the head
> >> action R/C servos we will mount with makerbot bracket parts.  Let's
> >> discuss on Tuesday night.

> >> Jim

> >> On Jun 23, 1:01 am, "Dave B." <blun...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> I have a Logitech USB webcam that is fairly decent you can have if you want
> >>> it.  Email me if you do.
> >>> -D

> >>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Craig <agent.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> I'm out of the are until the 30th but I can bring in the kinect.  If you
> >>>> want to do face or eye tracking that is usually done with the OpenCV
> >>>> library and is independent of the Kinect.  Any webcam will do this, the
> >>>> kinect is good and determining distance so that will be useful when
> >>>> programming the driving portion.  Go ahead and start coding using a regular
> >>>> webcam until I get back because the OpenCV library just treats the kinect
> >>>> as a standard webcam (this is because the analysis is done frame by frame
> >>>> as if it was a picture)

> >>>> I recommend installing OpenFrameworks if you want an easy integration into
> >>>> programming visual systems.  Although CodeBlocks is a bit of a memory hog,
> >>>> it is best if you can get the development kit (Codeblocks) on the same
> >>>> machine or at least the same architecture as your target (the laptop in
> >>>> this case)

> >>>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Jim <jim.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>>>> Hodapp,

> >>>>> Thanks for the offer to help!  DaveB said he had PIII's at the hive
> >>>>> that might be better than a PII, but whatever will work.  We need to
> >>>>> check with Craig about getting the Kinect back in.

> >>>>> Yes, we'd like to have a bench test setup targeted to end up on the
> >>>>> mobile CinD LOU platform.  We'll even manufacture a deadline to get
> >>>>> bonus points and have something to demo at the HIVE July 21 party.

> >>>>> Here is a basic team plan for now (with future growth potential):
> >>>>> (1) We want to start to investigate what the Willow Garage open-source
> >>>>> ROS package can do.  We may get some publicity, notoriety, and
> >>>>> personal growth by linking into this effort as a maker space.
> >>>>> (2) Visitor Rich is leading the effort to get working wheels under
> >>>>> CinD LOU.  The first implementation will be line following (for the
> >>>>> party), but we want to advance beyond that.  There is serious work in
> >>>>> motion planning that would be cool to link into.  With an onboard
> >>>>> laptop kinect, digital compass, some anti-collision sensors and
> >>>>> serious effort CinD LOU could be safe to go off-line (pun intended)
> >>>>> and freestyle around the room.  Yes, this is a stretch goal.
> >>>>> (3) A good first (short term for the party) goal for the laptop/kinect
> >>>>> connection would be to empower the CinD LOU head/neck eye tracking
> >>>>> features on the stationary disjointed head.  We are working to have
> >>>>> two neck motions (turn left/right, nod up/down) and two eye motions
> >>>>> (left/right, up/down and add blinking eyelids) in time for the party.
> >>>>> Rather than just exercise these motions in a static control loop, it
> >>>>> would be creepy/neat to have the laptop kinect sense a person (ex: 5
> >>>>> ft away, 30 degrees left of center) and post serial data updates to
> >>>>> Brent's BeagleBoard to trig out the math and drive the PWM R/C servos
> >>>>> to have the head and eyes track the person's movements.  This is also
> >>>>> step one to bigger and better next steps.

> >>>>> Anyone else interested in helping to make (3) happen in the next four
> >>>>> weeks?

> >>>>> Jim

> >>>>> On Jun 22, 8:37 am, Hodapp <hodap...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> I have a Pentium II laptop in my locker (one of Dave B's old ones, I
> >>>>> think)
> >>>>>> that may be sufficient for ROS, however, I'm almost sure it will be too
> >>>>>> slow for a Kinect. But if you'd like me to set up Linux & ROS on it
> >>>>> just so
> >>>>>> you have something to test with in the meantime, let me know.

> >>>>>> On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:30:31 PM UTC-4, Jim wrote:

> >>>>>>> Folks,

> >>>>>>> The CinD-LOU project is looking for two wheelchair batteries and a
> >>>>>>> laptop PC.

> >>>>>>> We think the two wheelchair batteries we have won't hold a charge and
> >>>>>>> are dead.  Can anyone confirm this for sure?  They are MK model
> >>>>>>> M22NFSLDG deep cycle GEL type 12 VDC batteries.  Web prices look to be
> >>>>>>> about $160 each.

> >>>>>>> The laptop could be almost anything, even used and several years old.
> >>>>>>> It will hold the executive ROS (Robot Operating System)
> >>>>>>> http://ros.org/wiki
> >>>>>>> code and be the host for the Kinect.  It would start out as a bench
> >>>>>>> test and then move on-board as autonomous motion progress is made.

> >>>>>>> Any and all commercial sponsors, angel benefactors, creative dumpster
> >>>>>>> divers, and/or crowd-sourcing pledgie contributions are welcome and
> >>>>>>> could be a tax-deductable donation towards this very worthy
> >>>>>>> educational cause.

> >>>>>>> Jim

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