This is really fascinating indeed. I dont like how games with auto turrets often neglect the mechanism behind these turrets. The targeting system is ingenious
Absolutely brilliant work. 'n Boer maak 'n plan!!! I have a bunch of sterilized cats that go stomping all over my sinkplaat roof in the middle of the night that need to be "taken care of" Paintballs may be a little extreme for them so I would use something like an airsoft.
Yes, it calculates the second order path of the target, and uses a second order approximation of the ball's trajectory to calculate an interception point.
Baie indrukwekkend! Wel gedaan! Het jy die in n produk verander wat te koop is? Sou facial recognition vir teikens wat uitgesluit moet word teveel van n sprong wees?
fascial tracking werk, maar n helmet of clear skerm meng in met die tracking dan is dit n nuwe blik met wurms :) ek dink wat hy het is die moeite werd om heat en fascial by te sit, soos (if no fascial go2 next ) dink jy verstaan.
@@luckydubeinrc5165 ja dit maak sin! maar my idee met facial recognition was eintlik om n lys van targets te include wat nooit geteiken moet word nie, en enige gesig wat nie op daai lys is nie, moet geteiken word...ek dink plaas aanvalle ens....
I am trying to see if you would be willing to sell me the plans so my son and I could build one for his class project. I posted to another video by accident. Where did you get the targeting software and is it expensive?
@@ThoughtinFlight Beautifull plek. My dogter is in Paarl en coach gimanastiek in Stellies. Ek sal laat weet as ons vir haar gaan kuier. Dalk kan ons ontmoet.
0:12 hey could you please show what's hapenning on the other side (insider side) like how the movement of the wheel as shown is affecting the gears on the other side which is hapenning to move the turret
I don't know exactly where my hard drive of this footage is, but look on my channel for the mechanical tutorial vid on this thing, maybe you'll see it there :)
What is the name of the targeting software? I am working on a nurf gun turret but it is too slow. What operating system are you using as well. Great job! I was a fan of Gary's mod as well.
@@really741 Sorry for the late reply. I can share some knowledge of how I went about it with you, but the software itself will be useless since it's heavily coded to work with the microcontroller I chose.
Dear Dale, my name is franccesco Petrarca, i have 5 paintball fields (square shape) the goal is to buy 20 pieces (1 for each corner of the 5 fields). i was wondering if first i can purchase a sample of this work of art ! an according to performance keep going with the business. THx! And congratulations, you are amazing!
Could you share your final project report with me? I'm working on a similar project for engineering project but the difference is, my system will be on a car. So it can be movable.I'm not well with projects, if you share your project report, I'll very glad..
Dale Sparrow I was curious about how many cameras you use, and the method and math behind identifying and tracking a target, like possibly an OpenCV function
@@hunterpruett5455 I only used two, since a paintball gun's accuracy already falls within the error range of that. Just make sure they're far enough apart since your accuracy increases as the orthogonality of your camera axes increases (my math terminology is not up to scratch but it's along those lines). I will see if I can find the code, but I used a java port of openCV.
@@ThoughtinFlight Hmm, okay. How far apart were your cameras? I'm thinking about making this fairly portable. Did you ever try using a single camera and use motion detection to track? I don't think motion detection is any good mainly because you can't mount the camera on the barrel, and are therefore limited by the FOV of the camera, which is relatively small. You could use some sort of fish-eye lense, but then there's lots of weird math finding out what coordinate on the screen goes to which point on the gun.
@@hunterpruett5455 I used two cameras 1m apart. If you wanted a 360 field of view I'd have 4 sets of 90deg FOV cams. you can easily just apply an un-distort filter in your pre-processing and it should make the corner accuracy only slightly worse.
You should do the calculations :). What's your design requirements? 2.8 will give you better distance resolution but lower field of view. Are you on a targeting range or a back-yard?
@@luisventura5995 I heavily modified the marker only leaving the mechanical inside. Removed the handle, sawed off bits etc... Almost any marker can be made very compact but un-ergonomic.
@@ThoughtinFlight I see. That's a very cool modification. Im afraid to ask but Is it possible to show those modifications of the marker on RUclips in order to learn about how the gun works? I'd like to know
@@ThoughtinFlight IT Would Be Cool if it Could auto lock on to stuff and have a sensor so it has to be a certain amount of movement from the Motion sensor to fire off shots and a audio 3 second warning and a red laser
@@ThoughtinFlight have you looked at the turret from the game rust it would be cool if you could build a fully functional one that looks almost the same and actually make it a product I can think of a ton of safety features and modes and how it would all work but it would be cool to buy one from a gun store for a good 2k or 1k if it was in full production
@@popinmo I agree, I wish I had a company and a few engineers I could guide to produce these. Time is the only limit so delegating some things would speed up development time considerably.
Dale I got it working with another controller and software. It is very fast but I had to remove the entire upper gun and rockets that I 3D printed because of the weight. The servos I used are in gearboxes still not strong enough. So I have now only a gun mounted to my stand. If you give me your email l I can send pics or video. Thanks
Dale, do you have time to build me five or six of those, but for an orbeez weapon, meaning shooting waterballs instead of Airsoft? Would you have time to build? I will pay you.
@@ThoughtinFlight ok thanks as this is such a slick well desined turret i think it would answer wveryones questions if you showed where you got the parts how to make it and thw code
@@ThoughtinFlight ахахахаха, how did you know )))) Jokes aside in 90s in Russia was a raptor repellent (mosqito humiliator) commercial and there when they plug it in the socket it started shooting mosqitos with a laser like fallout laser minigun ... that thing got in to my soul back then ))
adapt it to protect sheeps agains wolfs, you would be rich!!! -maybe on a high center pole in the middle the sheep pen -hive off Livestockguardian Dogs with a transmitter collar
Deal. Dale Sparrow. Costing only around USD80 or below per unit for large quantity manufacturing now. We can up the sales price 10-25 times(say USD800-2000), it is still cheap because this one time investment forever, may help some 30 milions asean (malaysian',indonesian, thailand eyc) king fruits owner to kill squirrels on their backyard, saved thousands of their income yearly. If your profit only USD100 per unit, minimum total profit guaranteed in your hand, for this product is USD100 x 30 millions = USD3,000,000,000.00 or USD 3 billions within only 1 years of less, for asean market only. You're the billionaire....!!
No wonder whatever make your busy now since you already had billion asset that impossible for normal person. Come to malaysia anytime we will show how you can easily manufacture and commercialize your brilliant product 100% sponsored by our local financial institution with 50:50 profit sharing agreement fully securely.
I agree. It can be made a lot better. It was my first attempt while doing final year subjects. I would completely re-design the drive system with harmonic gear boxes and brushless motors.
However, the design requirements were to mark a human target with luminescent paint. It didn't need to be faster or better, that would be over designing.
@@ThoughtinFlight I managed to write a program in processing 3 that linked the Mouse to an Arduino that could drive Brushless motors. Their speed ramps up really fast, when moving the mouse quickly. The issues I was having is that the drone motors I was using only spin one direction...it is possible to reverse with a second motor driver. Also there is no sensor on the drone motor...so the speed control and targeting needs to be done through the camera. A simple program like "Track Red" should work perfectly with drone motors. I also wrote a program that locked onto a target when designated. With collaboration it would be possible to build a Turret that is incredibly fast and accurate.
This is really fascinating indeed. I dont like how games with auto turrets often neglect the mechanism behind these turrets. The targeting system is ingenious
Kalman filters are some advanced chemistry :)
Absolutely brilliant work.
'n Boer maak 'n plan!!!
I have a bunch of sterilized cats that go stomping all over my sinkplaat roof in the middle of the night that need to be "taken care of"
Paintballs may be a little extreme for them so I would use something like an airsoft.
"Ex-axis" and "Why-axis" killed me xD
When you buy a paintball gun for you, but not a protective mask for her 🤣
Maybe a PID controller would help?
It slows the turret a bit but it smooths the movement and precision.
I need 10 of these. Neighbors dogs keep shitting my yard.
lmao
Very impressive..Does it shoot the position on where the target's going to be based on calculations or where it is at the current moment?
Yes, it calculates the second order path of the target, and uses a second order approximation of the ball's trajectory to calculate an interception point.
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Nice idea XD
You are impressive
This is awesome. Wondering if you sell them??
Baie indrukwekkend! Wel gedaan! Het jy die in n produk verander wat te koop is? Sou facial recognition vir teikens wat uitgesluit moet word teveel van n sprong wees?
fascial tracking werk, maar n helmet of clear skerm meng in met die tracking dan is dit n nuwe blik met wurms :) ek dink wat hy het is die moeite werd om heat en fascial by te sit, soos (if no fascial go2 next ) dink jy verstaan.
@@luckydubeinrc5165 ja dit maak sin! maar my idee met facial recognition was eintlik om n lys van targets te include wat nooit geteiken moet word nie, en enige gesig wat nie op daai lys is nie, moet geteiken word...ek dink plaas aanvalle ens....
BUILDIN A SENTRY!
Nice build
You are brilliant, i wish u was my son
Bryan Otero aren't we almost the same age hahaha
Dale Sparrow True dat, i'm 23, xD i just felt dad-like proudness xD
Dale Sparrow Can i add you on Fb bruh, ask a few stuff of ur invention, merry xmas btw
yea you can, I thought I replied earlier
I am trying to see if you would be willing to sell me the plans so my son and I could build one for his class project. I posted to another video by accident. Where did you get the targeting software and is it expensive?
can you share the plans? thank you so much!!! excellent work!!
Goeie hel!! Hierdie is beyond befok ouens!
Dankie mnr
Interesting for home application 😅
What for a Paintballmarker is in the Sentury gun?
Wow. Glad nie sleg nie. Waar in SA bly julle? Ek is in Port Elizabeth en sal graag wil ontmoet.
Eks in Stellenbosch op die oomblik :)
@@ThoughtinFlight Beautifull plek. My dogter is in Paarl en coach gimanastiek in Stellies. Ek sal laat weet as ons vir haar gaan kuier. Dalk kan ons ontmoet.
This would be great to keep deer out of ones garden.
2:10 *BEEERP*
*Shots Minigun bullets with a 4 Missiles*
0:12 hey could you please show what's hapenning on the other side (insider side) like how the movement of the wheel as shown is affecting the gears on the other side which is hapenning to move the turret
I don't know exactly where my hard drive of this footage is, but look on my channel for the mechanical tutorial vid on this thing, maybe you'll see it there :)
@@ThoughtinFlight alright thanks, btw what if I use Steppers and Raspberry?
@@shrinkz804 it's gonna work but steppers are not amazing for rapid random movements with a high load
@@ThoughtinFlight yeah ur ryt
What is the name of the targeting software?
I am working on a nurf gun turret but it is too slow. What operating system are you using as well.
Great job!
I was a fan of Gary's mod as well.
All targeting software was developed by myself. It was built from scratch for this turret
Ok I'm sure you want to keep it for your project. Great work!
@@really741 Sorry for the late reply. I can share some knowledge of how I went about it with you, but the software itself will be useless since it's heavily coded to work with the microcontroller I chose.
Dear Dale, my name is franccesco Petrarca, i have 5 paintball fields (square shape) the goal is to buy 20 pieces (1 for each corner of the 5 fields). i was wondering if first i can purchase a sample of this work of art ! an according to performance keep going with the business. THx! And congratulations, you are amazing!
Hi Franccesco, how can I contact you?
Sentry Ahead!
hello, what are the referenc of your paint ball gun? thanks a lot, i'm designing one for drone application to fight asian hornet
thanks a lot
Could you share your final project report with me? I'm working on a similar project for engineering project but the difference is, my system will be on a car. So it can be movable.I'm not well with projects, if you share your project report, I'll very glad..
Contact me on my site at www.stlr.co.za and I'll try give you some tips also why my project probably wont help much
Could you provide some more detail on how the tracking system worked?
I could do that as soon as I have some free time. What particularly would you like to know?
Dale Sparrow I was curious about how many cameras you use, and the method and math behind identifying and tracking a target, like possibly an OpenCV function
@@hunterpruett5455 I only used two, since a paintball gun's accuracy already falls within the error range of that. Just make sure they're far enough apart since your accuracy increases as the orthogonality of your camera axes increases (my math terminology is not up to scratch but it's along those lines). I will see if I can find the code, but I used a java port of openCV.
@@ThoughtinFlight Hmm, okay. How far apart were your cameras? I'm thinking about making this fairly portable. Did you ever try using a single camera and use motion detection to track? I don't think motion detection is any good mainly because you can't mount the camera on the barrel, and are therefore limited by the FOV of the camera, which is relatively small. You could use some sort of fish-eye lense, but then there's lots of weird math finding out what coordinate on the screen goes to which point on the gun.
@@hunterpruett5455 I used two cameras 1m apart. If you wanted a 360 field of view I'd have 4 sets of 90deg FOV cams. you can easily just apply an un-distort filter in your pre-processing and it should make the corner accuracy only slightly worse.
No thug is going to enter my property with something like that in backyard!
2.8mm lens or 3.6mm lens to webcams with ir-cut ? What you thinking?
You should do the calculations :). What's your design requirements? 2.8 will give you better distance resolution but lower field of view. Are you on a targeting range or a back-yard?
@@ThoughtinFlight range
Did you build the gun? If not what gun model is it. I'm very interested in this project. Please let me know
Are you talking about the marker or the entire system?
@@ThoughtinFlight the marker. I tried to find a one that is similar to it but found no luck. This marker has a slim and sleek body.
@@luisventura5995 I heavily modified the marker only leaving the mechanical inside. Removed the handle, sawed off bits etc... Almost any marker can be made very compact but un-ergonomic.
@@ThoughtinFlight I see. That's a very cool modification. Im afraid to ask but Is it possible to show those modifications of the marker on RUclips in order to learn about how the gun works? I'd like to know
How much for 3 I also need a phone app to shut them off?
I only had 7 months and 10 000 to build this prototype, but an app and voice commands was certainly a feature I'd have added.
@@ThoughtinFlight IT Would Be Cool if it Could auto lock on to stuff and have a sensor so it has to be a certain amount of movement from the Motion sensor to fire off shots and a audio 3 second warning and a red laser
It does lock on and I have to click a button before it's allowed to fire three shots. So to add that functionality would only take one or two days
@@ThoughtinFlight have you looked at the turret from the game rust it would be cool if you could build a fully functional one that looks almost the same and actually make it a product I can think of a ton of safety features and modes and how it would all work but it would be cool to buy one from a gun store for a good 2k or 1k if it was in full production
@@popinmo I agree, I wish I had a company and a few engineers I could guide to produce these. Time is the only limit so delegating some things would speed up development time considerably.
Dale I got it working with another controller and software. It is very fast but I had to remove the entire upper gun and rockets that I 3D printed because of the weight. The servos I used are in gearboxes still not strong enough.
So I have now only a gun mounted to my stand. If you give me your email l I can send pics or video. Thanks
hey Onslaught, I honestly thought I'd replied, seems it didn't post. Did you sort the issue out?
why did she not have safety glasses
The turret wasn't loaded or connected to gas for that point in time. When we did firing as you'll see later she definitely did.
hi all. amazing project. Did you share any stl files or plans for this project anywhere. Would love to attempt this.
Jys Suid Afrikaans? Dis presies wat ons land nodig het
Dale, do you have time to build me five or six of those, but for an orbeez weapon, meaning shooting waterballs instead of Airsoft? Would you have time to build? I will pay you.
Can I get this design drawing dimensions?
nice can you please shear the 3D CAD drawings ???
Could you make a tutorial i think this would help a lot of people
I will strongly consider it, I am currently in the middle of 3 other projects though. I wish I was fast at editing so I could get them out there.
@@ThoughtinFlight ok thanks as this is such a slick well desined turret i think it would answer wveryones questions if you showed where you got the parts how to make it and thw code
@@laurencebedford133 Yea, the problem is that some of the aspect will take a few videos to explain, like the targeting and control systems etc...
@@ThoughtinFlight you could use github to paste the code
Cool 😮
Nice I whant same thing but with 60w co2 laser tube
For Mosquitoes :P ?
@@ThoughtinFlight ахахахаха, how did you know ))))
Jokes aside in 90s in Russia was a raptor repellent (mosqito humiliator) commercial and there when they plug it in the socket it started shooting mosqitos with a laser like fallout laser minigun ... that thing got in to my soul back then ))
HI fellow ave fan
Haha! Finally someone spots it.
Wel gedaan!
nice eye protection 2:15 lol
The gun was not loaded or pressurized XD. There's no way I'd let someone walk in front of it like that.
i want house just so i can mount this on the roof
She's really cute :D
adapt it to protect sheeps agains wolfs, you would be rich!!!
-maybe on a high center pole in the middle the sheep pen
-hive off Livestockguardian Dogs with a transmitter collar
Anybody else pause at 0:48 to cross their eyes to see what the turrets see?
no, i just simply picked one side to see what the camera sees 🤣
Pragtig
fajna zabawka
I want one please let me buy one from you
Deal. Dale Sparrow.
Costing only around USD80 or below per unit for large quantity manufacturing now. We can up the sales price 10-25 times(say USD800-2000), it is still cheap because this one time investment forever, may help some 30 milions asean (malaysian',indonesian, thailand eyc) king fruits owner to kill squirrels on their backyard, saved thousands of their income yearly. If your profit only USD100 per unit, minimum total profit guaranteed in your hand, for this product is USD100 x 30 millions = USD3,000,000,000.00 or USD 3 billions within only 1 years of less, for asean market only. You're the billionaire....!!
I'm currently busy with a new project, but I'd love to work with anyone that wants to set something up commercially.
No wonder whatever make your busy now since you already had billion asset that impossible for normal person. Come to malaysia anytime we will show
how you can easily manufacture and commercialize your brilliant product 100% sponsored by our local financial institution with 50:50 profit sharing agreement fully securely.
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@@ThoughtinFlight Done. Thanks a lot.
Hi im doing almost same final year project can u plz help with our project bcz our teachers r not much cooperative.. Can u give me ur email something
I'm interested by this product, hit me up (pun intended)
chi can copy this design
I have a friend obsessed with Love Live! China can copy this design if they want, its very old now :P
jou arme bure XD.
Gun is too slow, not sensitive enough and not fluid.
I agree. It can be made a lot better. It was my first attempt while doing final year subjects. I would completely re-design the drive system with harmonic gear boxes and brushless motors.
However, the design requirements were to mark a human target with luminescent paint. It didn't need to be faster or better, that would be over designing.
@@ThoughtinFlight I managed to write a program in processing 3 that linked the Mouse to an Arduino that could drive Brushless motors.
Their speed ramps up really fast, when moving the mouse quickly.
The issues I was having is that the drone motors I was using only spin one direction...it is possible to reverse with a second motor driver.
Also there is no sensor on the drone motor...so the speed control and targeting needs to be done through the camera.
A simple program like "Track Red" should work perfectly with drone motors.
I also wrote a program that locked onto a target when designated.
With collaboration it would be possible to build a Turret that is incredibly fast and accurate.