Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu!yegerleh From: yegerleh@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Yegerlehner) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Cheap vision project. Summary: How to interface... Message-ID: <1990Jul23.190433.2650@ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 23 Jul 90 19:04:33 GMT References: Sender: news@ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 21 In article , cb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Beasley) writes: > > Well, here's my feeble attempt to steer the ship back towards more > interesting robotics project discussion: > > I had an idea the other night about a possible stereo vision system > for a robotics project I am designing. It would utilize the guts of > a pair of Fisher-Price camcorders and a simple digitizer, perhaps alternating > frames from the cameras. There cameras are slow scan video so the > data rates wouldn't be overwhelming and they're cheap! > I'm hoping that someone out there in netland has had some experience > working with these devices and can offer some insights as to the > availability of technical documentation and the feasability of > working with them: interfacing etc. Someone just posted a description of how he interfaced one of these Camcorders to his MS-DOS machine in sci.electronics. This was a few days ago, though. I can mail it to anyone who is interested. Jim Yegerlehner yegerleh@vivaldi.composer.ecn.purdue.edu