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Hey Dan, I thought those were good suggestions, not stupid. You just didn’t know the entire situation or the reasoning. :)




Good question, there are a few reasons why didn’t go with...

Hey Dan, Thanks. We later fixed the water spilling problem by moving the nozzles back a little bit and slowing down the robot a little bit more. It was quite the ordeal to get permission from Legal...

http://youtu.be/JZC77oN252g


Hey everyone, Aquarius is a large robot that I built for use in
greenhouses where each plant needs to be hand watered several times a day. I’ve
been meaning to...

http://youtu.be/0cJK5OfzVL4

Hey everyone,

I just completed, “scuffN: Augmented Musical Reality”, one of my first non-robotic projects that I’ve been working on for the past year. The...

Hey Lisa,

Any update on your robot?

Dave

Hi Nelly, LisaJensen,

Thanks for the encouragement. Intercropping is one of the big ideas that could happen practically with swarm robotics. I had wanted to put it into the video, but it ended...

I've put together a short video that lays out the argument for and explains my concept of using swarms of robots for farming. Let me know what you think!

New Video: Future of Farming: Prospero...

That's amazing how it can give it's self a little kick forward to get going and even back up. I think the bicycling squirrel is going to have to learn some new tricks.

Hey thanks darkback2, I'm glad you like the way it looks.

Originally I was going to just make a rectangle base, but then thought that would be kind of boring and I wanted it to be able to push...

Hey Gertlex ,

Thanks, the camera is actually a cheap 2.4 Ghz wireless camera that I bought on Amazon for ~$28 and you have to tune the video receiver with the knob on the...

Ha ha, thanks. I met my new next door neighbor for the first time while I was filming yesterday. I think he's going to try and avoid me in the future. :)

Dave

http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/files/5/0/1/6/nuntius.jpghttp://forums.trossenrobotics.com/gallery/files/5/0/1/6/holding_controller_-side_view.jpg

A couple of years ago I first saw one...

Hi Gertlex,

Thanks for the compliment and the questions. You're correct, the paint goes through the tube and is sprayed onto the ground. The tube is about 3 inches above the ground. You can see it...

Hey Chech, Thanks. I like your scratch built hexapod. It looks great!

I've shot some new video and pictures of Prospero farming outside in a normal corn filed here in Iowa. I'm working on...

Looks great! I really like your custom servo controller too!

As soon as you have this done, Parallax will be selling their wifi add-on and you'll have to start on that too! :) Great job!

I saw this new project of yours and... (jaw drop)

Anyhow, congratulations, hope things are going well

Here is the project write-up for the Schmart Board contest including BOM and source code

Dave
"vanmunch"

Edit: 10-19-2011

I've put together a short video that lays out the argument for and explains my concept of using swarms of robots for farming. Let me know what you think!

New Video: Future...