On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:45:22 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Ignoramus18077" wrote in
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The robot that I made with my son, that works like a tracked skid
steer, turned out to be really good. I have no idea how we will end
up
at the state level olympiad, but it is a good workable robot, like a
real skid steer, a machine for getting work done.

http://www.machinerymoverschicago.com/blog/Robocross/

Following this, and realizing that motion and electronic components
are very cheap and good nowadays, I decided to make a surveillance
robot.

It will be mounted on a wheeled or tracked platform (off the shelf),
have a Raspberry Pi 2 linux computer, it will connect to wifi and
carry a camera. The use for it would be to be remotely controlled
and
explore my warehouse, so that I can tell it to go where I want, from
home, and I will be able to see the webcam stream from the robot.

I do not think that it will be particularly difficult to implement.
This is something that I always wanted to have, like "how is that
pile
of copper pipes doing in that corner" or "are there any puddles on
the
ground in this corner".

I do have cameras, about 8 by now, but they cannot cover everything.

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Can you make it snarl and bark if it detects motion?

Jesus, Jim. There aren't enough miserable barking dogs in existence
now, you want barking _machines_, too? Bite your tongue!

--
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails,
admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt