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Authundir · 04-01-2008, 05:50 PM

Has anyone ever considered building a remote controlled scout drone?

I have been inspired by a small robot used by the us military in Iraq called the TALON.

TALON

i have found a set of 1 metre (3 foot) tank treads in a hobby store in east melbourne, with 4 motors controling them.
according to my tech support it "shouldn't be too hard"
therefore i have prepared myself for all manner of problems.

has anyone ever attempted somthing like this before and if so HELP ME!!!

all i got was some garpled mix of technical jargon ( i suspect he made at least some of it up)
please help

Silence · 04-01-2008, 06:03 PM

Search the MAKE blog, Hackaday, YouTube, and the forums here. We haven't had any members who've created water-shooting robots (unless they kept quiet about it), but there are a lot of videos and images of these things.

If you want to know how to make one, this is the wrong place. There are many robotics websites on the net, though, so start searching!

Drenchenator · 04-01-2008, 06:14 PM

Ben recently found an article about a water gun robot. It's available here. I'll just take Ben's word on what it's about:

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I found this link on Slashdot. I've seen a few water gun robots for spraying birds, but nothing for people. Sadly, it seems that every time someone makes a robot for spraying pests it gets more attention than our creations, but we might be able to turn the tide this year.

Ben · 04-01-2008, 10:39 PM

I can't help you much with the robotics portion of this and I'm sure you can handle the water gun portion.

Here's another link that you might find helpful: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/hoserpg/hoser.shtml

The easiest option would be finding an existing toy/robot that is similar to what you want and then modify it. Some toy robots with a dart gun or something might be useful as long as they're remote controlled. If they have some trigger or something on the controller, that's all you need. You can make that trigger actuate a valve or something.

This is something not everyone here has expertise in. I would suggest doing some research on your own. Posting at a robotics forum might be the most helpful.

aEx155 · 05-03-2008, 11:08 AM

If it does any good, I can help with the robot portion.

I have a nice little robot that would be a good thing to use for this. Not that fast, but high payload carrying capacity. The only problem with it is size, as it was supposed to fin in a 12" cube. I might actually try this...

04-01-2008, 05:50 PM	#1
Authundir Thunderwars Representitive Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 28 UserID: 1454	Scout Drone Has anyone ever considered building a remote controlled scout drone? I have been inspired by a small robot used by the us military in Iraq called the TALON. TALON i have found a set of 1 metre (3 foot) tank treads in a hobby store in east melbourne, with 4 motors controling them. according to my tech support it "shouldn't be too hard" therefore i have prepared myself for all manner of problems. has anyone ever attempted somthing like this before and if so HELP ME!!! all i got was some garpled mix of technical jargon ( i suspect he made at least some of it up) please help __________________ Ut permaneo campana sanus, Permissium obscurum perussi vestri animus. Totus palma ut Atrum Apostelus. -Sic narro pugna doctrina.

04-01-2008, 06:03 PM	#2
Silence Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,251 UserID: 576	Re: Scout Drone Search the MAKE blog, Hackaday, YouTube, and the forums here. We haven't had any members who've created water-shooting robots (unless they kept quiet about it), but there are a lot of videos and images of these things. If you want to know how to make one, this is the wrong place. There are many robotics websites on the net, though, so start searching! __________________ Forum Rules

04-01-2008, 10:39 PM	#4
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,985 UserID: 1	Re: Scout Drone I can't help you much with the robotics portion of this and I'm sure you can handle the water gun portion. Here's another link that you might find helpful: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/hoserpg/hoser.shtml The easiest option would be finding an existing toy/robot that is similar to what you want and then modify it. Some toy robots with a dart gun or something might be useful as long as they're remote controlled. If they have some trigger or something on the controller, that's all you need. You can make that trigger actuate a valve or something. This is something not everyone here has expertise in. I would suggest doing some research on your own. Posting at a robotics forum might be the most helpful. __________________ email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Do not send me a PM or email about reading a certain post unless it's been a few days since you've posted. I try to read every post.

05-03-2008, 11:08 AM	#5
aEx155 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 286 UserID: 1517	Re: Scout Drone If it does any good, I can help with the robot portion. I have a nice little robot that would be a good thing to use for this. Not that fast, but high payload carrying capacity. The only problem with it is size, as it was supposed to fin in a 12" cube. I might actually try this...

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