Ben Heck’s Roomba Nerf Dart Collector Part 2 Episode -- Episode 202

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Ben's one step closer to cleaning up the dart mess in Part 2 of his iRobot Create 2 Nerf Dart Collector project! Watch as he modifies the brush cartridge and dust bin in this episode.

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beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to clem57

Yes, this episode, but we are now talking about the automatic reloading of a nerf gun after the Roomba has collected the spent darts.
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clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

He did a roomba episode mod already. check archives
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beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

Perhaps think 'robot sentry guns from the movie Aliens' here. Complete with remote readout of ammo counters transmitted to your mobile device of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU

Automated Roomba reloading of spent darts would be awesome, however in reality I suspect not so easy to do reliably, especially in a tidy package.

Perhaps add in an on-board camera that captures all the action when the sensors are activated.

Might be a use for the Panasonic Grid-Eye IR sensor.
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Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

Yeah and it shoots when it sensors a person
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makerkaren over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

So a Nerf turret that utilizes the Roomba dart collector for reloading?
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Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

I can't show a picture but I can give you a mental image. So it would be mounted against a wall. and it would have a camera that would determine how far you are and where your angle is, So you would have a load mechanism on the nerf gun and it would shoot at point 0 which is the centre of the camera. Maybe have it thermal? but it would be like a revolving dart gun which would load when it shoots so it would be loaded for ever until you run out of darts. and you can use the roomba and make a home system which would launch your darts from the collector and send it to the gun's loading system. If you need more info just message
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makerkaren over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

Someone had a similar idea here; http://www.element14.com/community/message/167718/l/simulator-bomb#167718.
Do you have any design details you might add?
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Former Member over 9 years ago

You should make a Robotic nerf gun that mounts on the wall and has a sensor and shoots if someone is there?
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DAB over 9 years ago

Another great episode.

DAB
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