Week Four

As I mentioned in the previous blog, success with the motor! Today we actually used RoboRealm to take the images from the camera, do some analysis and filtering, and then identify the center of mass of the object. Then, using the serial port, we were able to have the motors of the blimp steer in the direction of the red object we had the software analyze. No video of it yet, but you can see Prof. Mason's site to see what the general idea is. Right now, we are tethered to the ground, but next week, I'll try to program a USB UIRT with Robo Realm and see if that can send commands to the board