The Quintessential Sentry Gun

mollyhackit writes "Aaron and Ezra built an automatic sentry gun using an airsoft gun, some hobby servos and a webcam.The camera automatically identifies and tracks targets. They tested it on each other to make sure it worked; video included!"

Comments

Cubicle Defense Mechanism

[No Salvation]

I doubt there is a single person here who didn't think, "hmmm I could use one of these in my cubicle."

Needs one more thing

[Anonymous Coward]

Hook it up to facial recognition software, put it on a mobile chasis, and then you've got something.

Re:Needs one more thing

[superpulpsicle]

Homeowner: He's a criminal I swear.

Police: Looks like a dead mailman to me.

Homeowner: Radar must have seen those free aol CDs.

Police: You shot him with 1 million bbs.

Homeowner: I didn't. Sentry did. Bad firmware. Bad!

Re:Needs one more thing

[Frogbert]

Hook it up to facial recognition software, put it on a mobile chasis, and then you've got something.

Yeah and perhaps some sort of powerful shield, and replace the gun with some sort of Sharkbrand(tm) Laser and add a speaker that barks "exterminate" or something. We could call it a doorleck or darlink, I don't know I'll let marketing figure it out.

Little brothers ARE good for something!

[imunfair]

I love how he used his little brother to test it.

"Just go stand out there in front of my sentry gun so I can see if it works"

At least he was nice enough to have him wear a paintball mask, some brothers wouldnt be nearly so kind. :)

Re:Little brothers ARE good for something!

[BrynM]

I love how he used his little brother to test it.

I was thinking of how many little brothers will know genuine fear after seeing the video while I was watching it. Being a big brother, I lauged my ass off as soon as the gun started firing. I suddenly wonder what my little sister is up to...

you'll shoot your eye out

[E8086]

It's all fun and games until someone gets shot in the eye, about 50 times if it empties the magazine on you. Then it's even funnier to everyone else if you get it on camera.

Second Amendment meta-discussion

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's just summarize the inevitable right-to-bear-arms discussion here and get it over with, shall we?

First, somebody will suggest how cool this would be with real guns; then a European will wring their hands at how any sane person could have the notion of automatically shooting other people or even possessing such things at all; an American will call the European a socialistic pansy; another American will call the first American a rabid, foaming gun-nut who should be put in a concentration camp with the other bad people; and finally links to statistics will be posted, proving that guns are both the cause of and solution to violent crime, in addition to being psychosis-inducing penis substitutes which should be carefully controlled for the children.

Finally!!!

[Wazukkithemaster]

Something useful on Slashdot :)

P.S. was that friggin night vision on the last test shot?

"It had him when he was in the shadows too..."

"AHHHH!!!!"

Lets break that down for you guys...

Step 1)Robots.
Step 2)Add Airsoft Guns.
Step 3)Find Younger Siblings
Step 4)... (explicative deleted)
Step 5)Profit!!!

Brilliant... *golf claps like an excited little school girl*

Re:CTRL-H Defined

[commodoresloat]

Apparently, UNIX 101 was not over for the day...