{"id":351,"date":"2012-12-18T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/?p=351"},"modified":"2014-05-22T06:42:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T06:42:37","slug":"tumble-weed-pcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/tumble-weed-pcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumble Weed Pcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pcom Finale project TumbleWeed. Created with <a href=\"http:\/\/supboon.com\/blog\/?cat=5\">Win Lei Ng<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55752859?badge=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/55752859\">Untitled<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user13951138\">Talya Stein Rochlin<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We set off to build a self propelling ball which reacts to the users movement and leaves a\u00a0drawn\u00a0projection.<br \/>\nOur starting point was an attempt to hack a remote control car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_1903\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-353\" alt=\"IMG_1903\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_1903-1024x764.jpg\" width=\"695\" height=\"518\" \/><\/a>We soon discovered that remote controlled cars are very quick, and have very low\u00a0torque. We needed high tork for the car to be strong enough\u00a0\u00a0in order to move a ball.\u00a0We set off to find motors with hight torque, and started to build our own car.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"high torque gear motor test\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvOEM4josIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe car response to key press Right Left Up and Down.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55655008?badge=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/55655008\">IMG 1928<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user13951138\">Talya Stein Rochlin<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next we put the car into a big hamster ball and quickly discovered it is way to heavy for the ball.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tumbleweed with high torque gear motor inside hamster ball\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upf6yce4_y4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe built a platform full all the ingredients of the new car:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2120-e1355422937632\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-356\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2122\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-357\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Three days before finals I broke one of the pins of the motor. AHHA!<br \/>\nBoth motors have to be the same.<br \/>\nWe\u00a0luckily\u00a0managed to find 2 motors lent to us by our kind class mates. Though the motors have less torque then the motors we were working with, so we had to put a side the ball for now, and focus on the\u00a0response\u00a0of the car.<br \/>\nIn the following video you can see the new car respond to key press.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TumbleWeed meets Bluetooth\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGTyUaB353w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe built a car from cardboard (to\u00a0figure\u00a0out the\u00a0measurements) with the new motors, and place for the Arduino,\u00a0breadboard\u00a0and batteries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2152-e1355422999388\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_2152-e1355422999388\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2152-e1355422999388.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2130\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-358\" alt=\"IMG_2130\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2130-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2136-e1355423049679\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-359\" alt=\"IMG_2136-e1355423049679\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2136-e1355423049679.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_2140-e1355423080170\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_2140-e1355423080170\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2140-e1355423080170.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Next we built the car from\u00a0Plexiglas, by laser cutting it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6670\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6670\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6670.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6665\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-377 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6665\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6665.jpg\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6668\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-378\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-378 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6668\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6668.jpg\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6671\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-380\" alt=\"IMG_6671\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6671.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6663-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6663\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_66631.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6664-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6664\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_66641.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/tumble-weed-pcom\/img_6661\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6661\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6661.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_6660\" src=\"http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_6660.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/~tsr267\/MyPOV\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/CosmicTumbleWeed_Finale1.pdf<\/p>\n<p>Our final car &amp; projection combined:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Final Cosmic TumbleWeed\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYrXpfo8AAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Future plans:<br \/>\n1. Track the human, and the car.<br \/>\n2. Light the car with two different colors, for front and back.<br \/>\n3. Change blue tooth with another solution for wireless, that doesn&#8217;t eat so much battery.<br \/>\n4. Find a stronger power\u00a0sorse.<br \/>\n5. Find even stronger motors to be able to move a ball.<br \/>\n6. Create a self propelling ball!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pcom Finale project TumbleWeed. Created with Win Lei Ng. Untitled from Talya Stein Rochlin on Vimeo. We set off to build a self propelling ball which reacts to the users movement and leaves a\u00a0drawn\u00a0projection. Our starting point was an attempt to hack a remote control car. We soon discovered that remote controlled cars are very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-physical-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1042,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/1042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}