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So when he found a 3D model of the “DF.9” laser turret from The Empire Strikes Back intended for Star Wars board games on Thingiverse, he decided it was a perfect excuse opportunity to not only try his hand at remixing an existing 3D design, but adding electronics to it to create something interactive.Īs the model was originally intended for a board game, it was obviously quite small. Like many of us, is always looking for a reason to build something. And it’s far from the first sentry gun we’ve seen, targeting everything from cats to squirrels using lasers, paintballs, and even plain water.Ĭontinue reading “Well-Built Sentry Gun Addresses The Menace Of Indoor Micro-UAVs” → Posted in Misc Hacks, The Hackaday Prize Tagged 2019 Hackaday Prize, drone, micro UAV, nerf, opencv, pan, sentry, Tilt, turret
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Over-engineered? Perhaps, but it’s better than letting the menace of indoor drones go unanswered. The gun tracks as smoothly as one would expect given the expensive hardware, and the auto-cocking feature works well if a bit slowly. Based as it is on Nerf technology, this sentry is only indicated for the control of the micro-drones seen in the snuff video below, but really, anyone afflicted by indoor infestations of Phantoms or Mavics has bigger problems to worry about. The tracking app is a little rough – just OpenCV hacked onto the Kinect SDK – but good enough for testing. Riding atop that is a Nerf rifle, which is cocked by a stepper-actuated linear slide, as well as a Kinect for object tracking. The gimbal is made from machined steel pieces, and the swivels are a pair of Sherline stepper-controlled rotary tables with 1/40 of a degree accuracy selling for $400 each. It’s a sturdily built machine – one might even say it’s overbuilt. What is this world coming to when you can’t even enjoy sitting in your living room without some jamoke flying a drone in through the window? Is nothing sacred? Won’t someone think of the children?Īpparently did, and the result is this anti-drone sentry gun.