Date: 1/27/05

Student Name: Rob Hamersma

TAs: William Dubel

Steven Pickles

Instructor: A. A. Arroyo

University of Florida

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 5666

Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

Weekly Report 3

This week I decided to use the CMUcam to do both ball detection and hole direction/distance. IR/sonar would work, but they are too directional for a beacon. I would need multiple transmitters mounted around the pole and that would get complicated not to mention expensive. I can mount a colored ball on the pole for the camera to detect and it can measure the size of the ball to determine the approximate distance. I looked into other cameras available online, but decided that the CMUcam would work despite its low resolution, and it already has image processing software, unlike most other cameras. I ordered it and it should arrive tomorrow. I worked on controlling a servo which I will use to control the aim of the camera up and down. I am able to tell the servo what angle to go to and it moves accordingly.