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few decades late, look up c-ram and cwiz, it's this but rotary cannons and they regularly knock out mortars,rpgs,drones and the like. more so this dude needs their programs and cameras, not the other way around.
@@bloodlove93 this exact project is outdated, sure. but it still shows he got what it takes to work on advanced projects. imagine if he got full goverment fundings and access to all the testing that where done trough the years.
How the fuck does this guy only have 50k subs, this is one of the most all around impressive projects I’ve seen on RU-vid. The functionality looks insane, the actual craftsmanship is bonkers, and the software stuff you breezed past sounds like an absolute pain in the ass to get working, bravo man!
Okay that dual-wheel system for quickly moving the barrel axially is SUPER cool and I'd love to see some project involving it in the future, barrel to a gun or otherwise.
Lockheed already knows where he is by knowing where he isn't. By taking where he isn't and subtracting where he is, Lockheed can accurately mail a letter asking if he would like to work for them.
at over 20 pounds....idk how long you wanna walk with that pulling on your neck...ouch even if you minimized everything and moved the power source to a wired pack placed elsewhere, maybe it could be 10 pounds. as someone with a long neck and bad back,I'll pass.
@@bloodlove93 The bulk of the weight can be in a backpack, with feeds into just the tracking system mounted on your helmet.. or possible direct the load into the shoulders.. or hey, just have a little "turret" sticking up from your backpack
This thing is so awesome! Props on "making your own Opti track" - I'm actually part of a research team that uses the system and was amazed you just made your own! And how well it works! Not to mention that it's PORTABLE!? 10/10
This is incredible engineering. You could milk way more step by step videos out of that but you don't. Very impressive. The quality and money spend on the projects is fascinating!!
It's interesting the amount of work put in but, it seems like a incredibly over complication. Why have the gun move for you? Why not just have it pull the trigger when the user is aimed correctly?
@@chronokoks Why? Because I point out that this "engineering" introduced about 100x more points of failure recreating what 1000x more people have already done? This is just an airsoft turret that someone is holding. There are already much better versions of this. If you want a rifle that has aim assist, this is a terrible way to go about it... Now instead of being an intellectual coward... Tell me why I'm wrong.
Just to throw this out there, PCB Way and JLC PCB offer machined parts including gears that could be used in this project and their pretty economically priced. It's a life saver if you don't have the ability to machine such parts in house.
I'm speechless.. the engineering here is mind-numbing , in both the hardware, and software. And all the fun that could be had with this aside, there are practical applications here as well. Well Done man... seriously.
yeah for basically a one guy project he's done incredible work, it's not too far from being like the c-ram and cwis weapons systems usa uses for close air defense from mortars,drones etc. for one guy at home.... thats amazing
This is brilliant. Thanks for your time and efforts not only on this brilliant design and software but also for this thoroughly entertaining and informative video. Cheers.
I am here for stuff like this. This is the first video of yours that I have seen. Definitely subbing to see how this goes and whatever crazy projects you have in the future.
you can look at paintball hoppers for inspiration. Some of them use magnetic transmission to avoid jams, when jamming, the "carousel" will jerk back because of the magnetic coupling, this will "unjam" the bb., anyway they have many design features that make them great, you can load tens of thousands without any jam. Some of them even maintain pressure in the loading tube which can improve the firing rate. Generally, the paintball guns would be a good choice for you project, some of them can be converted to .50 cal instead of .68, and you can find .50 bbs, even defensive ammo such as pepper or plaster. The software control they have is excellent, they can use an "eye" in the chamber to shoot as soon as the ball hit the firing position and it will prevent any ball "chopping", they use electronic firing switch, they can make the gun shoot in ramping mode (full auto maintained by pressing the trigger quick)
@@bobhightower8822 with a paintball gun you can launch a .50 hard ball to probably 400 or 500 fps, without any modification, it should reach 60 yards. You can get a longer barrel and tweak the software settings right in the UI to increase the dwell (solenoid duration of opening). If you need more you can tune the bottle hpr to higher pressure (I remember that good paintball bottle reg are tunable and can range from around 250psi to 800psi), moreover the paintball guns are designed to push way harder, they are rated around 14 joules, compare to the 1-2joules for the airsoft. What I like about the paintball guns is their manufacturing quality and reliability if you go high end, I don't mean that airsoft is weak, but the replica constraints and lower volume on one specific model make them less reliable and tough. The eclipse ego has a .50 cal conversion kit
That was the highlight for me, too. Using the feed spring's bulge as its own limit switch was mentioned briefly as an aside, but it's probably the most creative solution in the whole project. Second favorite part was 19:05 for different reasons.
@defmech the bb feeder and spring tube mechanisms were my favorite parts of the project. I loved that they turned out to be such elegant and reliable solutions.
Brooooooooo. 16:00 . I can't even imagine how unbelievably satisfying that was to you. I was grinning ear to ear seeing that barrel track the target like that. Jesus. It's so smooth. What a marvel.
@@Kobebutwithcats Ether by Silent Partner ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jmwwYVsok90.html it’s in the desc because it’s a RU-vid music track
You deserve 1 billion subscribers. I have never seen a more intricate and laborous diy project than this. Congratulations on your hard work and maker abilities
I saw this in recommended, and bypassed it AT LEAST 3 times. I'm 3 minutes in, and it got the sub/bell. Really impressive work, and way of presenting in depth enough...but not a 5 hour video.
You are incredibly talented, I am envious of your engineering skills. I'm too old to learn this kind of stuff, I know computers, so I have an understanding of how hard this project must've been start to finish. I hope your passion leads to a very bright future. What you've demonstrated here is proof of your abilities with multiple highly demanding skills. Keep up the amazing work, you're a great role model for young folks in my family who don't have many good role models ( Only me and my mom are there for these kids in any capacity, so it's hard. ) Wish you the best
feedling BB's into tubes 1 by 1 is how most airsoft magazines work. That's why there is a device specifically made for feeding airsoft bb's into tubes 1 by 1, it's called a speed loader. You fill a bunch of bb's in it, and then push a button a few times. each time you push the button it will load a couple bb's(usually like 4).
This is an insane amount of engineering and design for a single project. You deserve so much more attention i hope some big science youtubers work with you so you can make even bigger and greater Projects man.
Wow, amazing work! This is taking it a step further: blending airsoft with in-real-life aim assist. Can't wait to see more of your inventiveness in this regard; just push the envelope to the limits.
Nicely done! If you want to use it somewhere with more lights (or outdoors), consider putting narrow bandpass filters of the same wavelength as the LEDs over the image sensors to prevent false targets. I didn't see a mention of the wavelength you're using, but ~950nm is a good choice as little light from the sun gets through the atmosphere but it is still visible to silicon image sensors. You can also pulse the LEDs on alternate frames to detect and ignore very bright light sources that still make it through the bandpass filter. It will still target your glasses though ;)
One of the most engaging videos i have seen in quite a while! You are way up there with the big ones on YT! Please keep em coming, you are definitely someone I will come back to regularly! :D
Amazing build, both appearance and engineering! love that. As for missing on moving target, it seems needing to aim in advance, calculating future collision point depending on target and projectile speed
I’m a robotics teacher and shared this out as fast as possible. Incredible use of every aspect of mechatronic design. It seems like optimization for retro reflection is very limiting. I love the combination of wide angle and focused targeting cameras. Are there any other imaging techniques that would allow for more flexible target acquisition and tracking that is less accurate but more flexible in different environments?
This is the dopest and most terrifying thing I've seen this month. If not this year. You're doing some really interesting work here. Imagine a world where bullets could be shot out of the air... I can't even imagine what all that would change.
Damn my wrist hurts just looking at it even before I knew its 22lbs, lol. Lol could just tell from your voice when mentioning "V4" your brain wanted a much needed a break from the project. Hey props on keeping it true to form when you ran into all those obstacles. People tend to overlook all those redesigning issues you might face since you kept it looking fairly similar through in and out. Changing one part here or there, you might have to scrap to a complete rework from the inside out just for bracing issue alone. The feeling of producing something in all metal instead of plastic for once must feel nice and an accomplishment in its own.
Dude reinvents Iron Dome in his garage 😂 I never got that distortion correction to work, but I made a stereophotogrammetry system for high precision measurements using OpenCV. Had +/- 0.06 mm at 1 m.
Yo this was so much wildly better build quality than I expected from a youtuber with 35k followers. Like, this is miles better than creators who have 100x bigger channels, you should be really proud of this, and be ready to go viral and get huge
This is the Engineer turret from TeamFortress, brough to life. *including* the remote control with the touch panel. It shall be used in real life airsoft party, protecting a building or a "treasure chest" 🤣
I'm super impressed with the effort & skill that went into this. The project is at least as good as anything by Stuff Made Here, possibly better due to skilful workarounds required by budget constraints.
good god do I love maker projects from someone with engineering education and resources. you're getting the experience here too (learning to buy the right stuff like airsoft units).
surely you should key the gears, a shear pin would be easy to retrofit. I'd love to know more about your target estimation procedure. does the linear estimation work for circles, maybe you could be estimating the acceleration?
finally an extreme supermaker. congratulations, really👍🏻 especially for the software. As a mechanic, all those gears create backlash. If I can give you some advice,. the clearpaths you used have a huge torque, connect the motors directly to the camera/barrel block, (I don't know how to describe it, have you ever seen how a playstation joystick stick is made? the analog stick mechanism), the clearpaths have an encoder which corrects the position in real time, so you will have 0 backlash.
Nice! Here’s a thought for v4: Able to aim without needing reflectors, in low light, avoiding eyes. And instead of up being connected to side into a diagonal, it has complete 360 by 360 by ”x” movement, so it can aim at any point in front of it, as well as a cone around itself. That cone is maybe even up to 180, which allows sideways shooting! Perhaps sideways movement, so it can pass your chest, and shoot backwards!
This thing is crazy. I love it. Maybe you could add controller support to this thing. Also try mounting it onto a vehicle, on a 360° turret, I'm sure you'll find an airsoft RU-vidr who would do a coop with you.
scary that i was thinking last night that if people started making actual weapons with aim assist it could be really bad, but i would wonder how that would look like and how practical it would be. even made a design in my head. fast foreward to the next morning. i get recommended this video. This shit scary how accurate it can recommend me stuff sometimes. and how borderline insane this tech would be on a real battlefield. terrifying
I feel like the fps are really the only limiting factor in this, and maybe also the accuracy of the motors or the quality of the predictions. Would love to see another vid about this
A long time ago a guy made an airsoft/paintball sentry. This is pretty much 2024 version of that! Great job! Some things, the feeding wheel is great you basically made an electronic airsoft box mag normally found with LMG guns. There are many Box Magazines and normal "Hi-cap" magazines that use a coiled spring to maintain BB feed pressure. Generally pretty useful on very high ROF especially since initial firing may result in some misfeeds until the motor catches up to the feeding. As for the feeder geometry, you pretty much got close to what the "Odin Speedloader" does to refill airsoft mid-cap magazines. Its 'snail' like design rarely ever jams and its a good geometry to follow. You can push the Polarstar F2 to shoot faster with some proper tuning. The main adjustments in the F2 are DR, DN, DP and RF. RF you can set as high as possible as the system will only shoot as fast as DR, DN, DP cycles. DR = How long the nozzle waits before DP starts, (Basically time between DN, and DP). Set as low as possible until FPS becomes inconsistent. DN = How long the nozzle is pulled back for, (lower PSI, usually results in this # requiring to be higher, whereas if your running at a high 120PSI, the nozzle can snap back faster, and this # can be lowered) DP= How long air is shot down the barrel for, You can lower this until FPS start to drop, there is a science between "Undervoluming and Overoluming" with other effects on Muzzle Velocity. Generally though, Undervoluming usually results in better accuracy at a cost of lower muzzle energy. Bumping RPS is pretty easy but it will strain your feeding performance. Barrel accuracy is pretty important for consistency sake, we produce custom lapped R-hopped barrels to improve range and flight characteristics of the BB. Another thing to note is barrel 'whip' When the airsoft barrel fires, there is micro vibrations and possibly some peak harmonics induced on the bore. I'd suggest supporting the end of the barrel with something and have the contact point be an O-ring or so. I'd be more than happy to produce one for you at no charge.
That is a cool device!! I can see it being incorporated with a longer range radar sweeping an area looking for targets like a drone then shooting it down when it gets close enough with some sort of a shotgun instead of the bb's, Could even have proximity shells in the shotgun!! Something for the Military to stop drone attacks on vehicles!! Keep up the idea, looks great!
