Wonder how it did on the 'bird-flying-past' test?

Sanjo

That is ace. Now I can buy one to protect my Hot Pocket cache.

kosbee

'building a sentry' *ding* *ding* *ding*

DoubleV

@MOP88: Or maybe instead of water some kind of paint. A paint spray gun.

Yin

There are children who must understand: Sentry = Pain

Beyond-Infinity

@accuno:

He'll be out with a cardboard functioning sentry soon, I'm sure.

But it only tracks moving cardboard.

Heliophage

You know, I'm not too easily impressed. But that was beautiful.

LevelHead

Works excellently with one person.

But how will it work when there's a whole squad of people?

Willy105

Now all he needs is the rocket launcher on the top.

Aethyr

Masochist.

Definitely cool though. I wonder how long until he gets a job to do something just like this.

Heliophage

@accuno: Hahaha!

Inverse Logic

@Tokoyama:

The wall is cleaned off to see misses and hit patterns, helps with figuring out how accurate it really is

z0phi3l

Nice little project. It does seems very simple, just scanning any movement at all, a bit like Eyetoy. There are standard off-the-shelf free APIs that allow you to do this kind of thing with any cheap webcam.

Would be more interesting if it compared an image of the scene empty with the current scene, and if it kept track of recent targets and where they disappeared behind cover. Wouldn't take much code to make that happen, and you'd get a more effect sentry.

kiigan

Makes me proud to be human. Also, I would buy stock from his company if any were available.

blizihizake

@MOP88:
I think the flame thrower would work better because you woulden't need a scale you could just see how burned there skin is to see how much damage they or if they died then well ya know there out of the match, well I guess one problem with the flame thrower would be the whole disfigured and or death thing I guess that woulden't be good.

Tzero7

I'm guessing that beer was a nice, cold Coor's Light.

SeedyXX

alright, cardboard halo weapons kid, the stakes have been raised

accuno

Wow, this is really awesome.

In the video is it really safe where he gets it to shoot his car though? A movement detection turret aimed at an open street.. hmm..

hamandcheeseUK

did he really have to run out in front of it? he couldn't just roll a ball across the yard?

buyj3llo

Well i dont know.... The wall is clean after each attempt... so he cleans it after every try oder he manipulated the video. Could be a fake.
If it is not, WOW!

Tokoyama

@TrjnRabbit:
With Flame throwers obviously, it would really make the match "heat" up get it cause flame throwers are hot so.. it would heat.. up... ok I'll go now.

Tzero7

@TrjnRabbit: Massive back-packed water tanks that spray wildly all around? A scale would have to be invented, to determine the ammount of damage inflicted.

MOP88

I would buy one, there is alot dogs that run around my house at night, and little kids too!!!

schizorogue

Whoa, how much? I'll pay big bucks for that goodies.

That kid is gonna be $$$$$$$$$$$$$ rich if he patents this and sell it on major toy stores.

HobbaHobba

The myth is busted.

LaughingCrow

@lightweaponx: Only the cost of the paintball gun, mount, and laptop. The coding he did to make it work is probably worth a lot though.

He is trying to sell them, didn't specify his market though... As you can gain from the video it tracks motion to a certain sensitivity. If you look through the website it tells you that if you moved real slow, at a steady pace, and didn't make any mistakes you could get by it. He also says you can equip it with an infra red sensor so that it can work in the dark. Scary shit.

Chewbenator

i say we organize a fundraiser for this guy. Cause $$$ for HIM = Sweet ass sentry gun for ME.

what say you?

mr30gZune

@birdman98: lol

ST19AG_WGreymon

OMG I want four of those in my room and ten in my garage.
MASS PRODUCE THEM!

IntelSilver

It looks like the head of a penis when the camera is zoomed in :(

clonestyle

Nice.

DarkDragonDave

Excellent, if I ever build something like that I'd have a little fun with stop animation. Make it look like it was built with just a wrench.

Matonly1T

Considering how most of these automated sentry guns are built by major defense contractors and cost tens of thousands of dollars (if not much more) each, this is really impressive!

Atheist Jew

When he starts selling those things, someone is going to put a real gun in it. I will bet any amount of money on that.

Dragonis

holy crap...i wanna have one on my car.

McFazo

@MOP88:
How do you suggest we implement pyros?

TrjnRabbit

Dude, that's awesome.

bangbangblah

Something like that couldn't be cheap to build. Pretty awesome though.

lightweaponx

Now we can organize proper TF2 paintball matches!

MOP88

He's a witch.

SG79

He forgot to upgrade his turrent!!!

Noob.

ninjadude14

This would be so epic in the paintball park!

TheTitan0

I am so gonna sap that later on.

birdman98

No sorry that isn't a BMX helmet, that is a paintball mask... it's blurry though so I'll forgive you.

MantisDragon

Haha, you guys are right. We need to make Face-Off 2, but with Sentry Man versus Halo Kid. This has been an EPIC weekend for videos.

wild homes want to hop up and ride on Jesus!

This is going to make the guy rich. I'd like to see who contacts him first the U.S. Military or a paintball company.

geoffcbassett

@McKenney: *My

McKenney

Y friend showed me this about a month ago, and I've gotta say it's really impressive what people can make computers do.

McKenney

@lightweaponx: I agree with that. I'm building a prop portal gun, and it's already cost me over $100 to build. His actually works.

Tako Attack

Hey just wanted to say hes not wearing a BMX helmet thats actually just a paintball mask...but the thing is awesome anyways.

SmllTwnTheory

This will show those darn kids who wont get off my lawn!

Quicksilver4648

So basically, the way to defeat this is just to move slow (seems to only hit moving targets). It's cool that it's paintballs and homemade, but there *are* actual sentry turrets with real AI and target identification in military application today.

yoggesothothe

Someone has a future job at DARPA.

Witzbold

"I SEE YOU!" heh, needs more voice clips like if it knows you are hiding. "Are you there?"

DranzerKire

That's absolutely amazing. Now all it needs color recognition to tell the difference between red and blu.

bob-e

one word: how?

Mohican

"Of course, having the laptop that operates it right next to it probably would not do well in a real firefight."

Clearly he wouldn't have a laptop sitting right next to it. It would just be a small headless box that he could control remotely.

sereal

it's so great !

waza

@TrjnRabbit: PAINT THROWER imo
Ya know replace the fire with pure paint
IT would be messy though

PXShaman

All this guy really needs to do to make his turret successful is add a voice for it, so that when someone starts hiding, it can say "Are you still there?" "I see you!" "Don't shoot, it's me!" "I don't hate you." "No hard feelings." You know, because the government's already close to making dimensional portal guns.

Rembrandt

@MantisDragon: @SmllTwnTheory:
yup. I think he is wearing Proto Goggles.

y2julio

@ninjadude14: his what? his turrent? what the hell is that?

are you retarded?

red

@hamandcheeseUK: No kidding. Would've taken some explaining in court if an old lady/young child had walked out of their house at that moment

CockneyKaiser

SKYNET beginnings confirmed!

ruba-dub-dub

So...you can tell who stole your laptop because he's covered in paintball splatter? That and he's carrying your laptop, I'd guess.

@ninjadude14:
Alright, everyone say it with me: "turRET." "helMET." No "N" sounds, no "N" spelling.

Purple Dave

DO WANT.

Goiuki4u's avatar has a severe case of Jekyll and Hyde

Incredible!.

So, I am assuming Bruce Willis and Richard Gere will reprise their role?

PsycheE

@Rembrandt:
He actually has a prototype model with an airsoft gun that does just that. Its on his site.

Dragonis

@HobbaHobba: i really doubt it would be sold in a toy store.

I could certainly make good use of it. a lot of fox's around where i live. but then, what's to stop it for aiming for just any animal :S

There isn't much of a proper use for it, but it is awesome!

shade-black

That's pretty unreal, hope this guy is not living in Wacko Texas...

Maximus9

where do I donnate?

Resso

Nicely done! I think the vid needs some music, though.

psychobaka

This is extremely impressive. Considering how cheap the rig setup seems to be, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he's contacted by defense contractors (if he's not already one).

masterdingo

Now can we make one that identifies strobing tags so we can set up 2Fort somewhere and not get shot up by our own turrets?
Massive kudos

Mattz

@accuno:

Hahahaha, we need an battle between them ^^

RageW

Paintball + Real Life Fukn' Perfext Dark Sentry Labtop Gun = THE FUKN SINGLE KOOLEST SHIT ON EARTH!!!

If moneys a problem, this guy should launch a website and fund raiser. I'm sure by the looks of his overly impressed peers would gladly drop a few bucks to help out. Hell I would .

King Seafoam

Seriously though autonomous weapons is the last thing I want to see on the battlefield.

[blog.wired.com]
[gizmodo.com]

With some of the other weapon systems currently in development, trust me you do not want some of that shit to be operated without a human behind it.

---------

On the lighter side of things, I do find this video highly amusing and the guy gets a serious applause for the excellent work! The setup of the system was just so perfect.

Though I do question the sanity involving saftey with some of his tests though. More in the sense of bystanders more than the creator himself.

Witzbold

@ryanrule: Well if you looked at his webpage you would also notice that he has the portal turret on it.

Witzbold

he seems to be of a military family at least. not many people have 2 old army jeeps. also he did have portal reference as the os startup sound.

ryanrule

Say Hello to Mister Laptop Gun turret!

That's pretty sweet.

Salen

Imagine making these combat ready.
Crazy.
I love the "I see you" when it powers on.

TheCleaningGuy

Spies sapping my penis sentry D:

Deadpool118

That was freakin awsome! I want one.

EmeraldDragon

Maybe it's my sick mind, but when watching the testing of the device and the camera is zoomed, it looks like there is a penis head in the foreground, as though it is part of the weapon.

It looks like he has a penis sentry shooting at him! ROFL

Annex1

Wow, very impressive as others have said, and I'm sure it will be even more terrifying as he improves the software. I liked the nervous laughter at one point as he's crouching behind that barrier, probably thinking to himself, "Damn, this is eerie - I really feel like I'm actually in TF2 now."

I bet his neighbors love him too (house splattered with paint, barriers and trampoline in the yard, driving a jeep all over his lawn).

the-hypnotoad

@Witzbold: I was questioning the safety factor too until the final clip of the jeep showed someone else was obviously up on the roof to ensure nobody was around to get shot.

However, I personally question the sanity of anyone who purposefully gets hit with paintballs. Considering he mounted a camera to the tip of the gun, there was no need for paintballs to track accuracy or, I dunno, actually shoot and hurt the guy. But hey, that's the kind of crazy you get when you get military family crazy. ;-) (Not really a bad crazy... just the kind of crazy where you hope you don't get on their bad side...)

DaveKap

This is effin cool. I wonder if the military would be interested in this. This guy could end up being rich, or be hired by one of the big military contractors.

walls99

someone should take that video and dub some TF2 sounds onto it

maybe have a scout run by ... "BOINK"

yazan

Why bother having a laptop next to it when the LAPTOP CAN BE THE GUN TOO

cornpopsicle

Imagine if a cult/terror group/militia got hold of three or four of these. The ATF would not likely be happy.

On the conspiracy flipside, it'd be easy to mount these near where a government wouldn't want people to approach or congregate. Pepper-spray paintballs to keep the insurrection down.

Hell, it'd be pretty easy to mount several of these on a pickup truck and have "fun" on the Interstate.

oboreruhito

Do want!

Zero_Beat

@buyj3llo: Well I see your parents deprived you of a childhood in your earlier years..

Delvar15

If i could get one of these at a reasonable price i would put it in my garden to stop the neighbours dogs and cats taking a dump there everytime no one is around.

UFO

Hehe, Nice job :)

Accurate and Fast. There is a contest at DEFCON with autonomous machines, such as turrets. My friend has built an Airsoft one to do the same thing, cept at it is supposed to pick out targets and shoot them down... Not just fire at anything that moves. Though, these things are alwasy awesome to watch.

Aex

@Maximus9: Nope, website says he's from Jacksonville, FL. Clearly it was built to protect his PSP from random muggers.

(Disclaimer: I feel I can make above joke because I'm from Jacksonville. Discuss.)

Jazhuis

Starting from time 1:32 of the clip, it looks like a first person view of your own penis ejaculating sperm shots! LOL!!

Ricksterlau

@Purple Dave: L2P tf2. Mechanics make turrents duh. I should know my favorite class is Mechanic. Well next to fat dude and black guy. I used to like fireman but he got real lame after i found out i couldnt kill bonk real easy.

Detre

I'd just set this up outside my house, and somehow program it so it doesn't shoot me.

sean09

A paintball sentry is a little bit cheaper/easier to build because most of the higher end electric markers can be programmed by someone who knows what they are doing. I couldn't see if the trigger had a mechanism firing it, or if it was all controlled through the board in the grip.

Wolfgeist

@Detre:
What?????

Anyways, whats with all the penis talk with some people???

And this is pretty impressive, considering its homemade. Gah I have alot to learn before I can even remotely code. Im a freshman currently majoring in computer engineering but I want to switch to computer Science. Does anyone know any websites with good tuts on programming by any chance? I tried teaching myself python but to no avail and I took a java programming class but the teacher was a chinese immigrant....yeahhh....

Terrorsaur.

@DoubleV: DANG was gonna say that.

Lacked some soundtrack. Also:
SPY SAPPIN' MAH SENTRY!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Terrorsaur.: Those are all things ive heard people call the classes in tf2 more then enough time to remember. The most popular one seems to be calling the engineer the mechanic though.

Detre

So I guess real sentry guns aren't that far away.

Capitalist_Bagel

that was awesome.

expansionsss

SPY SAPPIN' MAH SENTRY!

belo

Sweet God, that was amazing!!!! Now all the government has to do is make the processer (laptop) smaller, and replace the paintball with a real gun. Scary...

Oh yeah, he should repost the video with the TF2 theme sone playing.

mindf1ow

Something like a dectop (amd pic) would be a perfect replacement for the laptop. They're just a tiny metal box bascially, and can take a beating. Just bring a tiny monitor, and a mouse and keyboard to use during setup, then unplug everything and leave it running.

thelivingrobot

so can I hook it up to my airsoft guns?

...or maybe my ak47?

Devil240Z

i think he's going to get a visit from the FBI VERY soon

genbeef

Hmm...selling these? Not such a good idea I think...

ThisCharmingMan

I'm very impressed, and very funny it is too.

If he has that kind of talent, he shouldn't be on a ridiculously low income.

hahnchen

I love the Portal "I seee you" at boot up.

Great stuff, I wish him many government projects and monies in his days to come.

Kamizzle

So, you need two guys to get past the robot penis.

(yes, I crack myself up, if nobody else)

I suspect he's not too popular among the neighbors, but they're too scared to confront him about the clutter and noises.

Evil Tortie's Mom

You guys who are all like "oh noes!" should realise that implementing something like this is trivial. If the US military wanted to implement an autonomous turret which would fire at any moving object, they would have. The problem isn't building the thing, it's keeping it from shooting friendlies.

Consider if you have a base to defend. Are you going to surround it with auto turrets and have everyone go to sleep or are you just gonna have a few guys stay up, who won't be fooled by slow moving enemies?

Elliuotatar

@ryanrule: I'm pretty sure the military already has hardware like this.

Nosignalinput

This is why I got into computer engineering.

With a little work, this could be implemented on an ARM7 or ARM9 core, running embedded linux or QNX, or even a DSP if you know what you're doing. There are open source image and video libraries that provide functionality to do just this kind of image tracking.

If anyone else is interested, check out the OpenCV computer vision libraries, and various methods of Blob Tracking (which is what it looks to me like this thing is doing). The algorithms are relatively simple when using a fixed camera and stationary background (sadly, mounting one of these on a moving vehicle would be a much larger undertaking).

Still, it's one hell of an achievement to do all of this on a shoestring budget, and in your free time. (Since generally, having the know-how to do something like this means you have a job, which takes up all of your time, preventing you from doing things like this).

Calavera302

Dude, that is some scary shit man!

randomshagz

A++ would watch again

Nick Kostalas

We're gonna need a DemoMan to take care of this...:P

Br00klyn-Grenade

SENTRY GOIN' UP!

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN... SHORTY.

Kenny

$2500 and you can buy one with remote control from this company:

[www.evolutionmodeltechnology.com]

Turael

that was LITERALLY the best video i have EVER seen. EPIC WIN.

xoforoct

That's ingenious. Very cool.

MGSchick

Are you still there??

Kounji

I love how the turret keeps looking at the left side, it's almost luring him in, saying "I'm not watching" when it's actually watching...and waiting :D

Ragarnok

I'd sap that sentry any time

Nessman

@Elliuotatar: That and all the perimeter alarms. Seismic sensors, IR sensors and thermal imaging systems just to name a few.

@genbeef: Why would the FBI pay him a visit? He built an automated paint ball gun. Hardly a federal matter.

Wolfgeist

This is quite impressive, this kid is talented.

WPack911

guys have been making auto turrets for a long time. search auto turret on youtube. this one does seem like the best so far, smallest and most portable that i've seen.

islandknight

@TrjnRabbit: Bucket full of paint.

Bovius

psh...i dont see what all the fuss is about. its not like he built a portal gun.

no, really though, thats kickass. you know how many suburban douchebags would buy one to keep their neighbors dogs from shitting on their grass?

karl_hungus

Spy sappin' my laptop!

malio

I am amazed

yashichi8bit

WANT! *sticks on roof* OH HERE COMES A CAR *tiktiktiktiktiktiktiktikt* Driver:WHAT THE HELL!

LAWL!

Cheroro