Turret

This is the prelude to Skynet and the end of the human species as we all know it.

Version 1.0 – Lego Turret firing plastic ballistic on a slef made 2 axis gimbal. A retro fitting artillery system.

  • Arduino Nano microcontroller
  • 3 micro servo motor
  • XY joystick
  • Lego rocket launcher
  • custom made firing mechanism

Version 2.0 – Wifi capability with web GUI interface.

  • ESP8266 – Wifi microcontroller
  • Level logic shifter module (convert 3v to 5v)
  • Web, touch interface

Version 3.0 – Python OpenCV, visual target acquisition, fire upon smile detection.

  • Web API for Python to interact with the turret
  • Python
  • IP camera
  • Super computer to run the vision AI