2. Group assignment start page¶
Real urban pigeon-eye view (RUPEV)¶
Based on this TED talk of Peter McIndoe: “Birds aren’t Real? How a Conspiracy Takes Flight” we wonder how the world looks like from a pigeon point of view.
Functional overview¶
RUPEV is going to be a pigeon shaped robotic machine with a camera system. The goal is to record the environment so this footage can be used to create a documentary.
Let’s go!
Group assignment links¶
back to the main group page 10_4_group-assignment-mechanical-movement
MOSCOW analysis¶
Must have¶
- at least 2 working camera’s. 1 HQ in pigeon head, 1 LQ on the robot car for navigation
- Sound recording microphone (high quality on-board)
- storage of high quality camera footage (on-board)
- live footage for navigation & control (wireless)
- Live audio return (mic)
- Mobility, should be able to move around (all directions) the surrounding square of WAAG
- mission control (physical remote control)
- size, shape and color of an actual pigeon
- natural pigeon movement (strutting head movement by moving the neck while keeping the head planar, leg walking movement)
Should have¶
- camera on robot should also be HQ (3rd person footage), or additional HQ camera on robot
- Pigeon sounds (PPA: Public Pigeon Address)
- Cloaking any mechanical part
- Night vision
could have¶
- Body half side transparent (see-through) so you can see the mechanics inside
- More degrees of freedom: rotation in the neck base, moving the neck sideways.
- computer software to preprogram movements
- Fake flying (lifting arm + flapping wings)
- pooping mechanism (internal labelwriter that can write messages and distribute them)
- AI characterization of its surroundings (things to eat, things to mate with, things to be scared of and rocks)
- Smoke (vaperizor like e-sigaret)
- Eyes that light up
- Online camera feed, audio (including mic) and remote control (crowd control)
won’t have¶
- It won’t actually fly
- it won’t be autonomous
Design ideation¶
Robot car acting as a puppeteer. Robot has a drive shaft connected to the pigeon. This drives the mechanical movement of legs and head. Camera in/on pigeon head (pigeon-view) and camera on robot (3rd person view) .
Schedule¶
| date | Location | availability |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday march 28 | Amsterdam WAAG | All |
| Friday march 29 | Amsterdam WAAG, 10.00h | All |
| Saturday march 30 | Enschede/Oldenzaal Edwin, 10.00h | All but Joe |
| Sunday march 31 | Enschede/Oldenzaal Edwin, 10.00h | All |
| Monday april 1 | (easter) | None |
| Tuesday april 2 | (individually if possible) | |
| Wednesday april 3 | Enschede Saxion, 10.00h | not Vera |
| Thursday april 4 | Enschede Saxion, 10.00h | not Edwin |
| Friday april 5 | ? | |
| Saturday april 6 | t.b.d. based on progress | not Leo, not Vera |
| Sunday april 7 | t.b.d. based on progress | not Leo |
| Mondag april 8 | finalization, shooting footage, Amsterdam WAAG | All |
| Tuesday april 9 | Leo @ home: Video editing All @ own place: Finalize documentation |
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| Wednesday april 10 | D-Day |
Functional Breakdown structure¶
Pigeon¶
(Mechanical focus)
| task | interfacing with | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MH | Leg and strutting head/neck movement | robot car | Leo, Joe |
| MH | size, shape and color of an actual pigeon | Edwin | |
| SH | 1 HQ camera in the pigeon head | RC system | Edwin |
| SH | Pigeon sounds | RC system | Joe |
| CH | More degrees of freedom: rotation in the neck base, moving the neck sideways. | RC system | |
| CH | Fake flying (lifting arm + flapping wings) | ||
| CH | pooping mechanism (internal labelwriter that can write messages and distribute them) | RC system | |
| CH | Eyes that light up | RC system |
Robot car¶
(mechatronics focus)
| task | who | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MH | Mobility (create the robot car), should be able to move around (all directions) the surrounding square of WAAG | Vera, Edwin | |
| 1. fixed arm 2a. Servo arm? 2b. mecanum wheels? |
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| MH | Mechanical/electronical link to the pigeon | Vera, Leo | |
| MH | 1 LQ camera for navigation | Edwin | |
| MH | Power source inside robot (batteries) | Edwin, Leo | |
| SH | LQ robot camera should also be HQ | Edwin | |
| SH | Cloaking any mechanical part | All | |
| SH | Night vision | Vera | |
| CH | Smoke (vaperizor like e-sigaret) |
remote control, camera & audio system¶
(Electronics focus)
| Task | Who | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MH | at least 1 working HD camera | - Sound recording microphone (high quality on-board) - storage of high quality camera footage (on-board) - live footage for navigation & control (wireless) - Live audio return (mic) |
Edwin |
| MH | mission control & networking (physical remote control) | Edwin | |
| SH | control pigeon sound | DFRobot DFPlayer pro | Joe |
| CH | computer software to preprogram movements | ||
| CH | AI characterization of its surroundings (things to eat, things to mate with, things to be scared of and rocks) | ||
| CH | Online camera feed, audio (including mic) and remote control (crowd control) |