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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
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@@bloodlove93 this exact project is outdated, sure.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 UA-cam. 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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
Found your channel from gun content. Subscribed. This reminds me of my childhood messing with robotics and wanting an airsoft sentry gun to do this exact thing
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
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
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.
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 ;)
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?
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.
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.
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!
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" 🤣
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!
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.
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
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 UA-camr who would do a coop with you.
you would expect some rudimentary things bolted together to get to a result. this thing looks like a modified version of something that was almost perfect in the beginning. and since humans are not as fast as those shooty noodles its perfectly fine. and it looks so awesome.
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.
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
look at splines or even just one on the shaft the lock the gears into place. its whats used in automotive windshield wipers and shear pins. awesome work
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.
As someone who plays airsoft, this is so bad ass. A couple things to consider for accuracy/precision is BB weight. You may also look into flat hopping your hopup. And a good 6.01 or 6.02 inner barrel.
I have never played airsoft before so the parts were pretty much just “best airsoft parts” and i went from there. The stuff doesn’t come with spec sheets or drawings like industrial parts so i just got parts that supposedly worked together and figured it out later. The best accuracy I got was roughly a .6” grouping 15’ away
@@ExcessiveOverkill That's actually not that bad of a grouping. What length inner barrel are you using? ZCI makes some good inner barrels that are pretty cheap. And "best airsoft parts" will always be subjective. Not sure what hop up you are using, but Maxx hop ups allow for more adjustability than most. They also have side windows meant to attach tracer lights (for glow in the dark tracer BBs), but also come in handy when troubleshooting feeding issues. Tracer BBs would make them easier to see and track. I'd also suggest looking into Maple Leaf buckings.
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3:55 he's one of my favourite youtubers that's why i clicked on this
Headshot only aimbot
Hmm, perhaps DAPRA will be interested in such apparently weapons...
You should donate this code and know how to Ukraine Armed Forces so they could Aimbot russians
all metal you say whell tell that to my eLectro magnet
bro just casually designed an airsoft missile defense system in his room
These kind of videos really makes me wonder what Kind of stuff is out there not showed publicly 😮
same thought. this guy will be hired by the US military for sure. 😄
C-RAM enters chat.
Casually built an iron dome
🤣
I can't wait to see this at Open Sauce
When's your next video. No wait when the hell is reeves next video 😭 love you big Willie. 😙
@ThroughTheTreesTTV for sec I thought you said I love your Big Wille 😂
Look who showed up for the fun
@kraigwalker2351 who's to say I didn't forget the "r" 🤔🥸
Make X-ray machine V2 pls
A 360° helmet-mounted version of this would turn an airsoft fight into a walking simulator
Makes me think of the bounty hunter robot in Mandalorian.
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 ok man
@@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
i was just thinking about making one for a technicals main weapon, like an apaches weapons system. not that hard to do
We know who is going to be recruited by the military.
Nice work mate!
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.
This is what I about to comment
@@p1ngu646 exactly what i ment
Why do military need him, this is many many years old system hahahaha.
Now I understand the name of this channel. INSANE build
Oh yo wsg stuff
The GOAT himself!
i hope we get a collab soon
for a military channel it would have been "barely minimum".
A collab would be insane too!
that one mf on the other team who has never touched grass
"No full auto in buildings"
"Its not full auto"
"Thats not full auto!?"
"This is full auto!"
"Dayum bro"
or the one that touched it the right way
When I saw the rotary valve I knew I had to send it to someone special. Really *special*.
I would be suprised if this guy didnt have autism
the trust fund baby with quad quad quad quad nods
How the fuck does this guy only have 50k subs, this is one of the most all around impressive projects I’ve seen on UA-cam. 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.
That double wheel barrel had me going crazy.
that was the most fascinating part to me,i mainly wonder how many you can do on one circle, like a minigun barrel.
Excellent recommendation youtube, I DO want to watch a dude shoot things with an aim-bot.
It was rather persistent for me, saw it 5-6 times on the homepage. Finally gave in, wasn't disappointed
@@bluemamba5317 its crazy right :D
You could just play CS2 😂
UA-cam knows me too well
Exactly as here! @@bluemamba5317
Lockheed martin would like to know your location.
Well not really Reihnmetal does this already with sub sonic rockets.
Lockheed martin already knows.
Perhaps Northrop Grumman would.
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.
uno reverse card
c-ram and cwis exist already, he needs their stuff to improve his.
nice engineering young man!
RE; using "pre optimized, off the shelf parts"; right before he died, my grand daddy told me " Never start from zero"
DUDE!!! THIS IS SO COOL HAHAHA!!! I was so intrigued with all of your design flaws and the way you overcame them! You're awesome dude, keep it up!
This thing locking onto your eyes/glasses must have been the creepiest thing throughout the project.
"Master betrayed by its own creation"
ghost in the machine type shit
🎵...every move you make, i'll be watching you.🎵
I'm sorry Dave, I cannot do that...
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!!
100% deserves far more than a quick video! milk it for sure
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?
@@surveysays8335 dude, this has to be the stupidest comment I've seen in a while
@@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.
@@surveysays8335 he's not making an actual product. He's making a toy. You're getting worked up over nothing. Give it a rest and don't be stupid.
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 amazing content. Seeing you implement the HPA system made me so happy. Your engineering skills are crazy!
“so I made a CRAM, but for nerf darts”
nerf darts? 💀
@@liamsiegel733 it shoots down the darts, it does not shoot them out
@@thesmasheror1242 ooh mb
a C-RAM was exactly what I thought of watching this, it's crazy what people can do nowadays at home.-
@@G0nz4x isnt there a video of a homemade radar targeted anti mosquito C-RAM?
Lockheed-Martin would like to access your location. Allow or block?
...But seriously though, this is pretty bananas, good job.
General Dynamics did this 50 years ago, so I don’t think Lockheed is that interested 😂 Amazing doing this at home though 😀
if you dont give them your location, they'll find you by knowing where you aren't
@@arcanealchemist3190 Ha!
i wanted to write a similar comment :)
I just clicked ALLOW on my computer, Lockheed-Martin has my safe consent to watch me for a while.
Absolutely incredible. Thank you for your service.
Absolutely incredible - You are a highly impressive creator and this video was amazing. Thank you!
"Assist" seems like an understatement. You've built yourself a SeaWiz. (CWiZ? I can't remember the acronym.)
CIWS
close-in weapons system
ahem its called the SeaWhizz bruv
Also called C-RAM (see-ram)
@@Dragonyy-sb51 sorry bruv I'm dyslexic
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.
However, local machine shops are almost always cheaper and easier
@@bobbobson2538 no. they're not cheaper at all
@@bobbobson2538 Not for me!
I think this guy is pretty damn well equipped already
@@bobbobson2538 Having a local machine shop just look at your drawing is more expensive than PCB Way
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.
I love a lot of your hardware solutions, like the spring for the feeding tube for auto shutoff on overfeed, very clever.
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.
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
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.
This is great! Pursuit of interests to their logical end is one of the greatest joys in life (and also frustrations)
Amazing work and engineering.
This is alot of really heavy math!
I am very impressed!!
Incredibly cool, bro is building military technology
tbh he might just get a job at ratheon
@@SavvygeMediaGroupya, thinking the same
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.
Do you know whats the song at that time stamp?
@@Kobebutwithcats
Ether: ua-cam.com/video/jmwwYVsok90/v-deo.html
@@Kobebutwithcats Ether by Silent Partner
ua-cam.com/video/jmwwYVsok90/v-deo.html
it’s in the desc because it’s a UA-cam music track
it’s like a cute little pet i want one lol
Reminds me of the story of waving a cigarette in front of the prototype Sidewinder seeker head.
Baller project. Great design and love how the dual chain drive controls both pitch and yaw.
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.
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)
v4 being paintball sized would be awesome just the lower projectile speed that normally comes with it would hinder its "CWIS" capabilities
@@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
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.
I think this is one of the most amazing videos I have seen on youtube !!! just with there was a way without the reflective tape part !
This is incredible! Excellent work!
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).
still too slow
@@chronokoks separate tube pressurized with air to feed them in from a huge container. Whatever isnt unweildy I guess.
Love the part where ya mentioned for material you decided to go with metal, and had some pretty sick heavy metal music playing. Love it!
Outstanding project. Well done! Loved this.
This is legendary work. I'm subbed. Excited to see more of your work, thanks for filling the technical void some larger channels don't! :)
This is actually really cool. Just watched the v1 video and it's insane how far your channel and this project have come!
Found your channel from gun content. Subscribed. This reminds me of my childhood messing with robotics and wanting an airsoft sentry gun to do this exact thing
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
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
Insane work, i'm blown away by the sheer amount of different fields you have to understand (and excel in) to accomplish this. Congrats!!
when i finally got to the part of you test firing after you did the hopper and spring from mcmaster carr. my jaw hit the floor. DAAANNG so fast!
Wow. Insane engineering, keep it up!
this is beyond amazing, the scale of this project is huge! Well done!
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.
Fantastic! Stuff made here would be proud
seriously impressed! aloot of hours behind this. keep it up!
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 ;)
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?
I cant even comprehend how insane this is, you earned a sub
That is so badass man well done. Excellent
Great efford and great result. This video is criminally under watched. For the algorithm!!
2:10 that was a neat way to articulate the barrel.
I've built a similar system, its very cool. The math was a real pain, lots of translations of angles.
Just discovered your channel. I'm an engineer and this content scratches an itch i wasn't aware was there. Lovely video ma dude. Insta subbed.
Simply amazing how you did it
Presentation, Story telling, Explanations and Engineering all 10/10. The like button didn't stand a chance!
hands down one of the best projects i have seen on youtube
Most impressive video I’ve seen in years! 👏👏👏
coolest thing ive seen this year by far!
Dude this is so fuckin sick! I love that you spend time showing the iterative process
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.
he's not even far off reinventing Track IRST like the military is gonna want a word soon 😂
The most well done project i have ever seen on youtube
You sir have earned a subscriber!
Edit:
Just realised I used to watch your robotic arm videos years ago!
Just remember, the more federal lists you're on the better.
Credit where due.
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.
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!
Look up something called a cwiz, it's exactly what you described! It's been in use since the late 70s and is very effective at its job.
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" 🤣
you win. This is the best project I have seen on youtube. Truly some great engineering mate.
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!
Well done, man. Future of airsoft and paintball.
This video is absolutely underrated, this thing with a real firearm would be gnarly.
Everything about this video is AAA triple frickin A. How the heck does this not have 100X the views?!?!?
This was awesome. Thank you!
You ar the man! Nice work.
Hands down, this is absolutely the most advanced build on youtube.
Oh come on that guy is clearly aimbotting, reported.
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?
This is Amazing content‼️
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.
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THIS IS TOALLY INSANE! LOVE IT! ... man ... i thik you should woork for lockheed .. or something like that
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
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 UA-camr who would do a coop with you.
Incredible! Surely someone from the weapons industry came knocking after this video. This together with the new Atlas...
Run Forest, they know where you are!😆Amazing research.
Wow that you can make all this is amazing
Nice job! That ROI bug in the Basler cameras made me giggle - I write test software for a competitor. ^^
you would expect some rudimentary things bolted together to get to a result. this thing looks like a modified version of something that was almost perfect in the beginning.
and since humans are not as fast as those shooty noodles its perfectly fine. and it looks so awesome.
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.
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
look at splines or even just one on the shaft the lock the gears into place. its whats used in automotive windshield wipers and shear pins. awesome work
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.
As someone who plays airsoft, this is so bad ass. A couple things to consider for accuracy/precision is BB weight. You may also look into flat hopping your hopup. And a good 6.01 or 6.02 inner barrel.
I have never played airsoft before so the parts were pretty much just “best airsoft parts” and i went from there. The stuff doesn’t come with spec sheets or drawings like industrial parts so i just got parts that supposedly worked together and figured it out later. The best accuracy I got was roughly a .6” grouping 15’ away
@@ExcessiveOverkill That's actually not that bad of a grouping. What length inner barrel are you using? ZCI makes some good inner barrels that are pretty cheap. And "best airsoft parts" will always be subjective. Not sure what hop up you are using, but Maxx hop ups allow for more adjustability than most. They also have side windows meant to attach tracer lights (for glow in the dark tracer BBs), but also come in handy when troubleshooting feeding issues. Tracer BBs would make them easier to see and track. I'd also suggest looking into Maple Leaf buckings.
You essentially made a mini handheld BB version of the Phalanx CIWS . HELLLA DOPE. Keep it up cuz this shit is insane !