Archives for: November 2011

Participating in EU Robotics Week!

November 28th, 2011
GuarddoG ( and me ;P ) will be participating in the EU Robotics Week with an event at Athens Univeristy of Economics and Business in the D21 room 15:00-19:00 in 2 December 2011 . There will be 3 speeches and everybody is welcome .. ! :)… more »

Skipping frames to improve cpu usage / power consumption

November 23rd, 2011
I Just added a frame skipper for when there are no changes on the frames and therefore computation of faces corners , RANSAC tracking and depth mapping has no meaning ( because the image remains almost 99% the same )I will have to add some cooldowns (… more »

New video demonstrating Lucas Kanade Optical Flow tracking and Disparity Mapping !

November 23rd, 2011
[video:youtube:hsOV7vTdyVM] more »

Linux Inside Magazine Interview : )

November 22nd, 2011
An interview about GuarddoG has just been published in the Greek magazine Linux Inside , issue 6 , they interview doesnt get into much detail but it is very nice to see my work in one of the few magazines I read :D more »

Adding Performance Statistics to GuarddoG

November 21st, 2011
As I begin to fully document the GuarddoG Project ( a git updated draft under heavy development can be found here ) I also have to document and compare performance results so that they can be used for other algorithms and projects. :) GnuPlot is an… more »

Fixed some cabling issues

November 14th, 2011
I just fixed ( it was about time ) some cabling issues that prevented guarddog from booting at its public appearance in AUEB today more »

Finally a proper lasercut plexiglass stereo rig !

November 14th, 2011
As the final body of guarddog is beginning to take shape I got the new guarddog "eyebrow" that is the mounting point for the two PS3 eye cameras ..As said in an older post the "schematics" for the laser holes are theese , with all the distances beein… more »

Making a Proper OpenGL Visualization of the point cloud around guard dog

November 10th, 2011
The scale is a bit off in this picture ( I am not so huge ;P ) more »

Guarddog Could use one of those

November 6th, 2011
Increased UAV times using Horizon Fuel CellsHorizon’s hydrogen fuel cell pack system for mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could mean saved lives. Because the AEROPAK as the system is called, is capable of increasing the time and distance of UAV… more »

Screenshots from the exhibition

November 4th, 2011

Preparing for another exhibition , At the Greek "International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovative Ideas"

November 2nd, 2011
The exhibition will take place from 03.11.2011 to 06.11.2011 and will be open from 10:00 to 21:00 and will be hosted at the Peristeri Exhibition CenterLink to the International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovative IdeasHere are some photo… more »

Outdoor stereoscopy test with 2 PS3 Eyes

November 2nd, 2011
[video:youtube:EVmRR-PAKSQ] Testing two ps3 eyes in a stereo rig I made , and this is the combined output of the two cameras.. The baseline distance is 6.5 cm ( an indoor configuration ) more »