actually I got debian sarge to install on my P4P800 with 2 SATA drives with minimal effort. All I needed to do was switch the motherboard to a compatablilty mode which disabled one of my IDE channels.. no big deal as I was not using it anyways. no loss in performance either.
When I realized that the installer was having a problem seeing my drives I swiched the settings in bios and voila!
as I have taken this from prior experience this isn't quite complete as of the the most difficult balls to judge are the ones hit right to you. The reason for this is that lack of ability to determine the parabolic arc and the approximate location to position oneself. This is why sometimes you see a pro player take a step in only to realize that the ball will sail over his head.
The ability to see the arc in perspctive is huge in the determining where the ball will land.
there is an book called the Physics of Baseball written by Robert Adair that wonderfully talks about the things you are always have wondered. some things such as how does a curveball curve. the difference between pitches. Its a great read and since I still play baseball its obviously holds interest to me. plus for the physics geek it actually gets into some of the areodynamic effects on the ball and the stitching. very cool!
Many years ago that robocup project was actually pretty much what you are alluding to. A bunch of not very functional robots playing a game of: "shove the ball as close to the net as possible and maybe I will score"
It wasn't until 1999 that the actual system was now considered. This is what I believe made Cornell do so well. We focused on the system. How can an improvement in mechanical design change the way to play the game? How can electrical design help out mechanical layout? Its all connected and that's what was missing for a long time. This is where it can be a problem with 6 PhD's in the same field on such a multi disciplinary system.
Look at the system.. It really hurts when you have the best AI but cannot show it due to poor robots/electronics/vision
I am going to have to agree with Sergei. Its very easy to get something simple to work. The Radiometrix RPC modules are very common. I would suggest to look at these first even if you implement them as a redundant system.
Brief experience: We faced a very difficult time trying to get a bluetooth module working on our system this past year. Some of the problems were getting developer kits, getting spec sheets, and most importantly developing a good understanding of how the technology works. We found that it was very ambitious to implement in one year. We did end up seeing a lot of promising work done but it wasn't at a point we would let our system run on!
One major problem I could foresee would be the amount of interference you could see at the competition. Just to let you know, there tons of wireless networks running around the venue in Italy. (ibooks, AiBo etc..) Just something to think about as you start to develop ideas.
Finally: A great way to get information is to go other team websites and to get involved with the robocup listserv. I am sure many of the teams will be glad to help you out with either documentation or advice.
Good luck! Ken MechE Cornell Robocup 2001-2003
Note to Sergei: I will post some of my pictures soon.. Let me know how its going!
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Yeah!! lets go RED!!! See you guys on Monday! and Patrick and Oliver I better have a jersey! =P Ken CU robocup 2001-2003
actually I got debian sarge to install on my P4P800 with 2 SATA drives with minimal effort. All I needed to do was switch the motherboard to a compatablilty mode which disabled one of my IDE channels.. no big deal as I was not using it anyways. no loss in performance either. When I realized that the installer was having a problem seeing my drives I swiched the settings in bios and voila!
as I have taken this from prior experience this isn't quite complete as of the the most difficult balls to judge are the ones hit right to you. The reason for this is that lack of ability to determine the parabolic arc and the approximate location to position oneself. This is why sometimes you see a pro player take a step in only to realize that the ball will sail over his head. The ability to see the arc in perspctive is huge in the determining where the ball will land.
there is an book called the Physics of Baseball written by Robert Adair that wonderfully talks about the things you are always have wondered. some things such as how does a curveball curve. the difference between pitches. Its a great read and since I still play baseball its obviously holds interest to me. plus for the physics geek it actually gets into some of the areodynamic effects on the ball and the stitching. very cool!
I love how my Alma mater is sitting pretty at number 40! Take that SCO! You gotta love the administration
Many years ago that robocup project was actually pretty much what you are alluding to. A bunch of not very functional robots playing a game of: "shove the ball as close to the net as possible and maybe I will score"
It wasn't until 1999 that the actual system was now considered. This is what I believe made Cornell do so well. We focused on the system. How can an improvement in mechanical design change the way to play the game? How can electrical design help out mechanical layout? Its all connected and that's what was missing for a long time. This is where it can be a problem with 6 PhD's in the same field on such a multi disciplinary system.
Look at the system.. It really hurts when you have the best AI but cannot show it due to poor robots/electronics/vision
Ken
Cornell Robocup 2001-2003
I am going to have to agree with Sergei. Its very easy to get something simple to work. The Radiometrix RPC modules are very common. I would suggest to look at these first even if you implement them as a redundant system.
Brief experience:
We faced a very difficult time trying to get a bluetooth module working on our system this past year. Some of the problems were getting developer kits, getting spec sheets, and most importantly developing a good understanding of how the technology works. We found that it was very ambitious to implement in one year. We did end up seeing a lot of promising work done but it wasn't at a point we would let our system run on!
One major problem I could foresee would be the amount of interference you could see at the competition. Just to let you know, there tons of wireless networks running around the venue in Italy. (ibooks, AiBo etc..) Just something to think about as you start to develop ideas.
Finally:
A great way to get information is to go other team websites and to get involved with the robocup listserv. I am sure many of the teams will be glad to help you out with either documentation or advice.
Good luck!
Ken
MechE Cornell Robocup 2001-2003
Note to Sergei: I will post some of my pictures soon.. Let me know how its going!