Looks like about 100,000 hits per hour at the peak, don't know yet how many of those were the 20M video file. I'll analyze the log files and post the results for anyone interested. We would not have submitted the story with the links if we did not think we could sustain the connections. Can't wait to look at the data! This is the
same system previously describe on slashdot.
oops, forgot I wasn't logged in. The robot did not get stuck, but I kicked the camera and lost a few frames.
Here (23M mpg) is video before the bad frames were removed. There is an accompanying obnoxious noise burst, which is why they were edited out. This version also has a funnier ending.
thanks! Ah most observant Dunbal! You are correct. The posted video is spliced together from two different runs, one up and one down. It was about a 12 foot dropoff, and I was so busy looking at the video camera that I only grabbed it at the very last second before it plunged to its destruction. I think that little robot still needs his Daddy nearby for a while longer... It did a lot better offroad in the woods, like
this video (10M) and also
this one (22M).
well, it is actually a lot of fun to play with.
Did you see the video of the robot dodging through the woods? It will do that same thing with a crowd of moving people, and you can chase it around and try to block its way. It's quite persistent.
It did not occur to me when I posted the video that people would assume it is an R/C car. Hmmmm. Perhaps the word "autonomous" is not a widely understood term, more of a buzzword among robot builders. Not sure how else to say it, though. You really have to watch the videos to understand what its doing, I think.
Interesting that the article focuses on the
"cost" issue of Linux while skirting the inherent
problems with soverenty and transparency that proprietary software poses to governmental institutions.
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An anthropologist friend of mine relates the contents of an ancient memo he claims to have found in a cave in France, to wit:
"We mourned the passing of the last Neanderthals... they were delicious.
best regards,
--Mugumba"
Looks like about 100,000 hits per hour at the peak, don't know yet how many of those were the 20M video file. I'll analyze the log files and post the results for anyone interested. We would not have submitted the story with the links if we did not think we could sustain the connections. Can't wait to look at the data! This is the same system previously describe on slashdot.
oops, forgot I wasn't logged in. The robot did not get stuck, but I kicked the camera and lost a few frames. Here (23M mpg) is video before the bad frames were removed. There is an accompanying obnoxious noise burst, which is why they were edited out. This version also has a funnier ending.
thanks! Ah most observant Dunbal! You are correct. The posted video is spliced together from two different runs, one up and one down. It was about a 12 foot dropoff, and I was so busy looking at the video camera that I only grabbed it at the very last second before it plunged to its destruction. I think that little robot still needs his Daddy nearby for a while longer... It did a lot better offroad in the woods, like this video (10M) and also this one (22M).
well, it is actually a lot of fun to play with. Did you see the video of the robot dodging through the woods? It will do that same thing with a crowd of moving people, and you can chase it around and try to block its way. It's quite persistent. It did not occur to me when I posted the video that people would assume it is an R/C car. Hmmmm. Perhaps the word "autonomous" is not a widely understood term, more of a buzzword among robot builders. Not sure how else to say it, though. You really have to watch the videos to understand what its doing, I think.
it's 6-wheel fully independent suspension. that tends to keeps all 6 wheels on the ground/stairs,/etc. Watch the video in slow motion if you can.
No no no this is not a remote controlled car, it is totally autonomous. Look at some of the other videos. but yes, they are pretty shallow steps. dpa
I think (cross fingers) we can handle it. dpa
This might be very useful if you have a wifi-enabled autonmous robot wandering about Ilse DuBois State park...
There is some intriguing evidence of the existence of strange quark matter, a dark matter candidate, which we've recently published in the Bulletine of the Seismological Society of America. as previously discussed on /.
Interesting that the article focuses on the "cost" issue of Linux while skirting the inherent problems with soverenty and transparency that proprietary software poses to governmental institutions.
I nominate my two-wheel balancing robot, nBot which thanks to /. has recently become
World Famous (especially in
Sweden!)