The last time I visited my lecturer, he requested that I reaserched webcameras that are Wi-fi technology compactable. Specifically, he adviced me to search the phrase " Wi-fi enabled web cams" into the Google.com search engine.
The results as of then wasn't that promising as the main part I need to commence the project exceeds my budget. I took some time away to think about what I want and went on to reaserch again, but this time, using several different search phrase from the first one used. I came up with a much better result and prices but still need to decide which one suits my project the most. Some of these search phrases are: "built in wi-fi cameras", "build a wi-fi robot", and "wi-fi web cameras".
The goal here is to find a webcam with built in Wi-fi technology. This will allow data from the camera, be transmitted to another computer over the internet. It means the webcam will require no connection to a computer of its own in order to transmit data over the internet.
Below are links to some of the websites that are useful in at this point of my research. They are:
Active Robots: Robotics & Electronics Technology
Surveyor Corperation: Blackfin Camera Board
Surveyor Corperation: Blackfin Robot
Sparkfun Electronics: ALFATxp Development System
Wi-Fi Webcams: More about Wireless Webcams
How to Set up a Wi-Fi Webcam
I will visit my lecturer again to decide on my next step which should include which webcam best suits my need.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Welcome to Machine Vision: Design and Implementation
Welcome to my blog on Machine Vision: Design and Implementation and thank you for taking your time to visit. I hope you find this blog useful in one way or another I also hope your subsiquent visits be pleasant ones.
The advent of the fast growing internet has made keeping a journal, among many things, an easy task. Blogs are online journals that can be updated on a regular basis. They provide an easy to update platforms for anyone willing to
As a result, I have decided to take advantage of this modern technology - to provide a platform accessable to almost anyone anywhere - to document my findings while working through my final year engineering project. This way, I can keep track of what I have done, what I am doing, and what I should do next to make the project a success. The idea of keeping a requently updated online journal will enable my supervisors keep track of what I am doing on daily or weekly basis without having to see me in person. Also, this adventure, as a whole, will greatly improve my writing skills and provide me with a means of reaching interested people and vice versa.
Anyway, before I continue, you and I know we both need to establish a good relationship for this whole trip to be fun. Hence, the strong need for me to introduce myself as a person and tell you more about myself, my project and why I am doing it.
My name is Alexander O. Ogidi, born 28th May, 1983 in Otukpo, Benue State Nigeria. I am a final (4th) year student at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. I am studying towards an undergraduate Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; majoring in Mechatronics. For those of you not familiar with the field of mechatronics, it is a branch of engineering that combines the vast knowledge of mechanical engineering with that of electronics engineering. The word 'mechatronics' was coined from taking the syllables 'mecha' from mechanics and 'tronics' from electronics which combines to give 'mecha-tronics'.
With that said, mechatronics simply involves building robotic systems capable of operating autonomously; without any human intervention. The introduction of this branch of engineering has led to the automation of most manufacturing processes and the implementation of remotely controlled robots as seen in space exploration and remote search and rescue operations.
Ok! Enough of all that talk. Now back to the main reason behind setting up this blog. In most institutions - if not all - that runs engineering degree programs as part of its curriculum, students are required to undertake certain final year projects to showcase all that they have learned over the duration of their course of study before graduation. Massey University is not an exception and I have chosen to have mine done in the area of machine vision hence the title: 'Machine Vision: Design and Implementation'.
In order that machines operate autonomously, they need some sort of artificial vision mechanism to enable them distinguish between objects within their environment. This blog is set up to track my research, or should I say adventure, in the several means that this could be made possible. At the tail end of my project, I inetend to demostrate one of the many vision applications available which is to have a robot platform which can be controlled over the internet i.e. from any computer with internet connection.
At the end of this, I hope to be able to present a set of simple instructions that could enable a newbie (anyone new) to the robot world to build a simple robot from the scratch, implement a vision mechanism, and control it from anywhere in the world, provided there is an access to the internet. So, join me as we go on a roller-coaster ride through my final year project. Like anything in life, I'm not expecting this to be an easy road but I intend to learn as much as I can from it. It should be fun and at the end of it, fingers crossed, I score myself a better than average job in the mechatronics industry.
I sure hope to see you here again and I also hope I can keep you entertained/informed enough to keep you coming back for more. With that said, please feel free to leave comments/tips whenever you feel obliged to as this whole thing is only but reasearch and a learning process. If you're a professional, I will be glad if you could correct me if at all I make any mistakes and leave me tips that will improve my knowledege. On the other hand, if you are new to this, you are more than welcome and I assure you we both have a lot to learn from each other.
Once again, I say thank you and I look forward to having fun with this.
Enjoy the ride!!!
The advent of the fast growing internet has made keeping a journal, among many things, an easy task. Blogs are online journals that can be updated on a regular basis. They provide an easy to update platforms for anyone willing to
As a result, I have decided to take advantage of this modern technology - to provide a platform accessable to almost anyone anywhere - to document my findings while working through my final year engineering project. This way, I can keep track of what I have done, what I am doing, and what I should do next to make the project a success. The idea of keeping a requently updated online journal will enable my supervisors keep track of what I am doing on daily or weekly basis without having to see me in person. Also, this adventure, as a whole, will greatly improve my writing skills and provide me with a means of reaching interested people and vice versa.
Anyway, before I continue, you and I know we both need to establish a good relationship for this whole trip to be fun. Hence, the strong need for me to introduce myself as a person and tell you more about myself, my project and why I am doing it.
My name is Alexander O. Ogidi, born 28th May, 1983 in Otukpo, Benue State Nigeria. I am a final (4th) year student at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. I am studying towards an undergraduate Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; majoring in Mechatronics. For those of you not familiar with the field of mechatronics, it is a branch of engineering that combines the vast knowledge of mechanical engineering with that of electronics engineering. The word 'mechatronics' was coined from taking the syllables 'mecha' from mechanics and 'tronics' from electronics which combines to give 'mecha-tronics'.
With that said, mechatronics simply involves building robotic systems capable of operating autonomously; without any human intervention. The introduction of this branch of engineering has led to the automation of most manufacturing processes and the implementation of remotely controlled robots as seen in space exploration and remote search and rescue operations.
Ok! Enough of all that talk. Now back to the main reason behind setting up this blog. In most institutions - if not all - that runs engineering degree programs as part of its curriculum, students are required to undertake certain final year projects to showcase all that they have learned over the duration of their course of study before graduation. Massey University is not an exception and I have chosen to have mine done in the area of machine vision hence the title: 'Machine Vision: Design and Implementation'.
In order that machines operate autonomously, they need some sort of artificial vision mechanism to enable them distinguish between objects within their environment. This blog is set up to track my research, or should I say adventure, in the several means that this could be made possible. At the tail end of my project, I inetend to demostrate one of the many vision applications available which is to have a robot platform which can be controlled over the internet i.e. from any computer with internet connection.
At the end of this, I hope to be able to present a set of simple instructions that could enable a newbie (anyone new) to the robot world to build a simple robot from the scratch, implement a vision mechanism, and control it from anywhere in the world, provided there is an access to the internet. So, join me as we go on a roller-coaster ride through my final year project. Like anything in life, I'm not expecting this to be an easy road but I intend to learn as much as I can from it. It should be fun and at the end of it, fingers crossed, I score myself a better than average job in the mechatronics industry.
I sure hope to see you here again and I also hope I can keep you entertained/informed enough to keep you coming back for more. With that said, please feel free to leave comments/tips whenever you feel obliged to as this whole thing is only but reasearch and a learning process. If you're a professional, I will be glad if you could correct me if at all I make any mistakes and leave me tips that will improve my knowledege. On the other hand, if you are new to this, you are more than welcome and I assure you we both have a lot to learn from each other.
Once again, I say thank you and I look forward to having fun with this.
Enjoy the ride!!!
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