Title: Build Your Own Autonomous NERF Blaster : Programming Mayhem with Processing and Arduino Author: Bryce Bigger ISBN: 0071802754 / 9780071802758 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 240 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
Design and build your own robotic, Arduino-powered sentry blaster!
Break out the big daddy blaster--and teach it to act on its own! Build Your Own Autonomous NERF Blaster walks you through cool DIY projects, such as working with motion sensors, remote monitors, and facial detection software, all while building up to the ultimate goal: a robotic NERF weapon that finds and fires on its targets! Have some serious fun along the way as you learn about creative coding with Processing and Arduino.
Step-by-step instructions show you how to:
Construct and mount a servo, NERF blaster, and webcam in harmonious alignment
Program Processing to receive video, search it for a face, and then pass instructions to your Arduino board via USB cable
Configure Arduino to process the message and instruct the servo to move to a new position
Specify your target radius in Processing and, when met, send the message to Arduino that it's time to "open fire!"
Preface
Chapter 1 : Tinkering Chapter 2 : Building the NERF Niche Chapter 3 : Processing Crash Course Chapter 4 : Arduino Crash Course Chapter 5 : Motion Detection Chapter 6 : Tinkering Pays Off Chapter 7 : Foam Dart Blaster Hackery Chapter 8 : Blaster Brains and Eyes Chapter 9 : Autonomous Avenger Armed Chapter 10 : Leveling Up
Appendix A : Parts List
Appendix B : The Sentinel Project Build
Appendix C : Applied Warfare Tactics
Index