Hello all,
I am using the Rovio and the main "problem" or the feature that I miss is the camera position. I would like to see more than the knees or feet of the people in front of Rovio. Is there any possibility to modify the firmware to do this?, perhaps it is not possible because of the navigation system, but it would be enough if I can move the head without moving the Rovio. Best regards,
Eduardo
I agree on the camera position issue. However, I find that the "look at ceiling position" does work if you get Rovio real close to the person. What happens when you try that?
-- roschler
Robodance 5 - Rovio over Skype with Voice Control
just imaging that the person is a pretty girl with a miniskirt :o
It is better not so close :D
No I didn't think of that. Just goes to show you I've been spending too much time in programmer-land these days. I need to get out more. :)
-- roschler
Robodance 5 - Rovio over Skype with Voice Control
I will ask for this to the wowwee people, it would be to add another button to the user interface (this head position only if the Rovio doesn't move) :D
I'm certainly hoping the next firmware gives us more head positions. This is important for more than talking to people (of various heights!)
It's definitely possible. Does anyone know if they have rotation sensors on the head gears or just a couple of limiters/mid stop?
This is a hack, but hey, it works.
curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=13'; sleep 2; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=11' & usleep $n; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=0'
Sets head to Mid, Top, then sleeps for $n (values between ~20ms and ~900ms give me a range), then sends stop command. It is not entirely consistent, but it's more than I've got in the default code.
...RB
RoboBrain said:
I'm certainly hoping the next firmware gives us more head positions. This is important for more than talking to people (of various heights!)
It's definitely possible. Does anyone know if they have rotation sensors on the head gears or just a couple of limiters/mid stop?
This is a hack, but hey, it works.
curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=13'; sleep 2; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=11' & usleep $n; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=0'
Sets head to Mid, Top, then sleeps for $n (values between ~20ms and ~900ms give me a range), then sends stop command. It is not entirely consistent, but it's more than I've got in the default code.
...RB
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
I am hoping for maybe a slider control so I can stop at any position I need to.
cowboyctx said:RoboBrain said: I'm certainly hoping the next firmware gives us more head positions. This is important for more than talking to people (of various heights!) It's definitely possible. Does anyone know if they have rotation sensors on the head gears or just a couple of limiters/mid stop? This is a hack, but hey, it works. curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=13'; sleep 2; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=11' & usleep $n; curl 'http://r/rev.cgi?Cmd=nav&action=18&drive=0' Sets head to Mid, Top, then sleeps for $n (values between ~20ms and ~900ms give me a range), then sends stop command. It is not entirely consistent, but it's more than I've got in the default code. ...RBThanks RB great hack.... I've already added it to my program.
It definately is a hack.. Rovio reports the other angles in head_position, so it does have more accuracy than two positions... So hopefully the next firmware gives us a Cmd=Nav&Action=XX&head_postion=ZZ and we can build a slider into our UIs.
Sun Jan 11 12:32:09 2009: Changed Status: head_position=131 [was 118]
Sun Jan 11 12:32:15 2009: Changed Status: head_position=66 [was 131]
Sun Jan 11 12:32:21 2009: Changed Status: head_position=140 [was 66]
Sun Jan 11 12:32:27 2009: Changed Status: head_position=127 [was 140]
Sun Jan 11 12:32:34 2009: Changed Status: head_position=140 [was 127]
Sun Jan 11 12:32:40 2009: Changed Status: head_position=126 [was 140]
...RB
NoBrain calling RoboBrain.
Sorry for being stupid but I`ve got no idea how to utilize these commands. I would really like to try though as these extra head positions are simply necessary. Hope you can help
If you want to see this hack in a working program try running the Rovio Commander program that I am working on. Click on the link below. Read the instruction on how to setup (readme.txt).
http://www.roviocommander.com/rovio_commander.rar
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
@coyboyctx......so, tried it last night when I got to Rovio´s summerhouse. The variable head positions worked a treat. I must say I`m very impressed. I wonder why the Wowwee whizzkids can`t do this? There was no video though and I need to access remotely over the internet (which I guess I can`t with your programme? (yet?). Still, nice to know it can be done. Keep up the good work! Cheers.
I can't undestand why you would not get video. If you would like , try this new version. It is written in VB Studio 2008 and uses faster routines and is what I have switched to. The Roviodata.txtfile is not located in the same directory, be sure to update it with you IP Address and port number.
http://roviocommander.com/ShareFiles/RovioCommander2.rar
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
Dear cowboyctx. I`m really not having much luck here. I`m going to inset a screen shot now and hope you can read it, otherwise I`ll get back to you later. Have run now......
I`m back.
The first line says "unhandled exception has occurred in your application"
"contiue" gets me no further so all I can do is"quit" but I`m no quitter!
I/when I get your programme working, will I be able to access it over the internet?
Yes you can get it to work over the internet. What drive and folder are you running the program from? Windows Vista likes to protect its system folders. Try making a folder called Rovio in the root directory of Drive C: (any local drive)and copy all the files to that location. Be sure to edit the Rovio_data.txt file and enter your IP address and port.
Let us know if this works.
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
I get the same error with Rovio Commander. Both the text file and executable are located in the C:\ folder
What happens when you click on continue?
Anyone else have this problem?
Does your Rovio_data.txt file look like this? With your IP and Port along with the Forward slash after your port? Did you turn off your Security settings on the Rovio (the password)?
Enter your IP Address Below like this http://111.222.333.444:5555/
http://24.255.255.555:9090/
Enter number of Seconds you want Rovio to wait before next backup command is sent 3600 is 1 hour. NOT USED in Commander
3600
Brightness Default Value Below -200 to 200
15
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
When I click on "continue", the warning dialogue box just pops up again.
I did not turn off my password . I`ll try that next.
I am running beloved XP and text files are on C drive.
The rest I did as instructed but just to be sure, where you write http://111.222.333.444:5555/ this should remain untouched right? And the next IP adr. should be replaced with my Rovio`s own together with port number?
This is waht I did with your commander1 and it worked (except no video) so I guess it`s right what I`m doing.
Yes, that is corrct. It will be the password that is causing the problem as well with Rovio Commander 1. I had put that in the instruction way back and somehow it got removed. I have now added that to my web site. Sorry for all the trouble you had to go through. Let me know if you still have problems.
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
No worries. I`ll try again. Bth, where are you and what time is it there? Shouldn`t you be fast asleep?
Texas, I go to work early.
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
Fixed the links, you should be able to download now.... sorry...
http://www.roviocommander.com
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
slippery2 said:
No worries. I`ll try again. Bth, where are you and what time is it there? Shouldn`t you be fast asleep?
Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/
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