We used an airsoft gun for this project, but you can easily change modify this build to use a nerf instead. I dont think there is too much explaining to do here, this is a nerf turret controlled via bluetooth either from an android device or a pc. Building a sentry gun with laser trip wire system and arduino. This project requires the ps2x, adafruit motor shield, and new ping library in order to function. Autonomous nerf sentry turret quality arduino robot iot. Arduino powered rubber band sentry turret is not a lie 3d printer hacks, arduino, arduino hacks. The project runs on free, open source software and is very well documented. Portal 2 turret master turret control of portal 2 turrets. Mount the gun onto a continuous rotation servoimage 1. When the turret goes into sleep mode, just like in the game you want to close the turret so instead of the output being arduino. Arduino portal turret in action project description replicates the behavior of a portal turret using a pir sensor to detect infra red motion to wake up sleeping turret, a ping sensor and servo to locate target within a predefined distance of the turret, a bright red led to simulate the laser designator much safer then using an actual. Rather than build it and present the finished project all at once, i decided to chronicle the build here on make.
There is also an interactive mode so that you can control it manually from your keyboard. Then, my raspberry pi is tethered to an arduino via serial usb in order to control the stepper motors. Autonomous nerf sentry turret arduino project hub arduino create. This project is an arduinocontrolled, 3dprinted functional nerf replica of the kang tao gun from the upcoming video game cyberpunk 2077. In this instructable i will explain how to make a relatively cheap and simple. I want to build a remotelly controlledautonomous turret. Using processing languagebased user interface and arduino ide, the tablet will detect movement, track. The arduino connects to the computer through the usb a to b cord. The build details are a bit sparse, but there is a bill of material and that, combined with the 3d. Remotecontrol airsoft gun turret when you combine an arduino, stepper motors, a wii nunchuck and some imagination almost anything can be possible. This is an openscource code project from rudolph labs. Assorted electronic parts see airsoft gun electronics page. Looking like it would fit in perfectly in the smash hit game portal, this little turret can launch a barrage of rubber bands on command. This 3d printed sentry rubber band gun can find targets and.
The webcam data is processed by processing and then controls the turret via a arduino. Now if your arms were to close wherever then you will end up with busted wings. The inspiration comes from project sentry gun, a longstanding website dedicated to teaching people how to make automated sentry gun turrets. Autonomous paintball sentry gun using arduino use arduino. Intermediate full instructions provided 6 hours 51,414. The airsoft turret is autonomous so it moves and fires the gun when it detects motion. This is the code for my arduino tank with a mounted turret and autonomous mode. Aug 06, 2015 looking like it would fit in perfectly in the smash hit game portal, this little turret can launch a barrage of rubber bands on command. Autoturret with pixy and nerf gun arduino project hub.
So the time flies and new software products are caming out. The robot is the skeleton of a turret from the game portal that uses an ip webcam to track a target and fire nerf bullets at them. I know how to build a remotelly controlled turret that seems simple, one double hbridge ic like l298 or l293d, two geared dc motors, code that receives data sent over serial and a simple application written in processing for mouse control. Furthermore, the serial communication transmits a string with 3 values. The video shows kevin manually aiming the gun, but the software can operate the gun autonomously, if you add some sensors to the hardware. With the adafruit arduino ide and neopixel library installed, create a new sketch. Talking portal 2 turret gun arduino project hub arduino create. He wanted to make a gun turrent he could control from his pc. A gun turret or simply turret is a platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and some cone of fire. A computer interprets the video feed from a webcam and sends control signals to an arduino, which interfaces between the computer, and the servo motors that aim the robot. Well, austiwawa just finished making a pretty awesome airsoft gun turret, and decided to make a video tutorial on how he made it. The image processing is fairly basic but with tweaking it seems to be effective.
The idea is simple, build a motion tracking automated sentry gunturret, shooting bbpellets. The build details are a bit sparse, but there is a bill. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectilefiring weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in some degree of azimuth and elevation cone of fire. Patp15arduino tankturret this is the code for my arduino tank with a mounted turret and autonomous mode. Running sentry gun code on raspberry pi 3 project sentry. Portal fan recreates a sentry turret using an arduino arduino team july 7th, 2017 steven gioiosa recently signed up for a makecourse class at the university of south florida, where he was required to build something that featured both an arduino and a 3dprinted part. Shooting mechanism, i would use an electric bb submachine gun, such as an mp5, due to the compact size, and its low weight. Make your own autonomous paintball sentry gun freetronics. I am also interested to transform the code to rasberry pi 3 to gain a small control unit. It can hold about 20 rubber bands and it is operated with a usb game controller through processing. Heres a wiring schematic, and you can get a sentry shield if you want an easy solution. Gioiosas turret recreation is based on an arduino uno connected to an hcsr04 ultrasonic sensor, and features motionactivated lasers that move back and forth, along with audio feedback, depending on how far away the human target is. Thanks for checking my bluetooth controlled nerf turret project.
Dec 01, 2016 in this video we show you how to build a diy motion tracking airsoft or nerf gun turret with a raspberry pi 3. This is the final project for my advanced mechatronics class at penn state university. This arduino powered sentry gun tracks, shoots and aims entirely autonomously. Because of that, dfrobot sent me their dual drv8825 motor driver. Adorable automated turret launches rubber bands make. Bluetooth nerf turret arduino project hub arduino create.
Fullauto 3dprinted brushless nerf blaster arduino control project tutorial by clark3dpr. Steve norum certainly took advantage of that thought and ran with it to produce his remotecontrol airsoft gun turret. This 3d printed sentry rubber band gun can find targets and fire on them automatically. In this video we show you how to build a diy motion tracking airsoft or nerf gun turret with a raspberry pi 3. How to make a raspberry pi motion tracking airsoft nerf turret. The nerds on the net cant seem to get enough of the automated nerf gun turret with facial recognition. Since the gun needs two axes, yaw and pitch, it requires two stepper motors. If you want to always use the software without an arduino attached, change the initialization of the runwithoutarduino variable to true. The robotgeek desktop roboturret w vision tracking is the latest in our line of roboturrets.
The first step was to add wiring and a twowire connector to control the trigger circuit. I reccomend 4 ccell or dcell batteries, wired in series to make 6v. The turret gun will be connected wirelessly to a windo ws tablet device. There are several arduino sketches with code for benchmarking the gun printing stats about fire rate, velocity, etc. Auto targeting sentrygun element14 ben heck featured. This securityconscious build is a completely 3dprinted nerf gun turret, controllable by the user over bluetooth. If any object move there, the will glow and the buzzer starts beeping. Feb 14, 2015 the idea is simple, build a motion tracking automated sentry gun turret, shooting bbpellets. Oct 28, 2016 by jackson and james in year 10 information and software technology ist. In the target lost area of your program, make sure you include. The robotgeek desktop roboturret is a compact, affordable physical computing platform based on the arduino programming enviornment. Watch for a message at the bottom of the ide that reports if an arduino was detected. When a nerf gun doesnt have a scope, add a movable one with an arduino and a servo. Designed by kevin thomas, this perky little gatling gun is mostly 3d printed, with an arduino for a brain.
I opened up the nerf vulcan about 30 screws and soldered an 18 female jack to the fire selection mode switch. By jackson and james in year 10 information and software technology ist. This project is an extension or remix of my original portal turret portal2 turret gun. This 3d printed sentry rubber band gun can find targets. Blast your enemies from a safe distance thanks for checking my bluetooth controlled nerf turret project. Nerf nitron gun software apps and online services arduino ide autodesk fusion 360 hand tools and fabrication machines 3d printer generic soldering iron generic cnc router story idea a few years ago, i saw a project that showcased a semiautonomous turret that could fire on its own once aimed. May 20, 2011 im into paintball, and i found this awesome open source project on the net called project sentry gun. The arduino ecosystem is fantastic and covers a huge range of hardware and software, but this size can. One of my colleagues son wanted to learn how to program and build electronics.
The robotgeek desktop roboturret is the latest in our line of roboturrets. Build your own arduino portal turret the mad hermit. Aug 21, 2017 a motion tracking airsoft or nerf gun turret with autonomous and manual operation modes, controlled by a raspberry pi. Now i am looking the possibility to upgrade the system.
It can also be used as a cheap controller to control anything that uses the nrf24l01 radio chip. Jan 22, 2018 the nerds on the net cant seem to get enough of the automated nerf gun turret with facial recognition. However, you will need the seperate, processing ide to run the computer side. The servos are attached to a motor shield on the arduino. With the autoturret project, you can automatically track down and fire upon your enemies. Oct 24, 2012 arduino portal turret in action project description replicates the behavior of a portal turret using a pir sensor to detect infra red motion to wake up sleeping turret, a ping sensor and servo to locate target within a predefined distance of the turret, a bright red led to simulate the laser designator much safer then using an actual. A motion tracking airsoft or nerf gun turret with autonomous and manual operation modes, controlled by a raspberry pi.
Age group 18 whether you are fighting in an airsoft battle, or defending your desk at work, an airsoft turret is a must have. There is also an interactive mode so that you can control it. It consists of a milled steel 2 axis gimbal, a nerf gun modified with an autorecocking mechanism, a kinect v2 lidar, and a software backend running opencv. Roborealm is a great software that lets a user analyze video and do different things with. The desktop roboturret is an arduino based robotic platform that makes it easy to get started in the world of robotics. Auto targeting sentrygun element14 ben heck featured content.
Im into paintball, and i found this awesome open source project on the net called project sentry gun. You will need a seperate power source for your servos. Youre going to need three servo motors, an arduino, a webcam, and. Project sentry gun build your own autonomous paintball. I am jan from finland, i have used this turret with processing 1. Ive now gotten to the stage where i am implementing human visiontracking on the turret. The software should be selfexplanitory, i have posted most of my sourcecode on github. Project sentry gun uses a computer or laptop to process data taken from a webcam mounted on the sentry gun and analyzes it to spot motion. This video tutorial walks you through setting up software for your sentry gun. Autonomous nerf sentry turret dfrobot quality arduino. This video tutorial walks you through building the turret base for your sentry gun. I built an arduinobased laser pointer turret using a few servos, an old laser pointer, and a joystick. A movement detection algorithm based on background subtraction triggers the gun.
Whether youre completely new to arduino or youve got a few arduino project under your belt, the desktop roboturret is an amazing platform to build robotic projects on. The desktop roboturret also comes with the options to add a wii remote and or a camera and vision tracking software. This design uses an arduino nano, an mp3 player chip, distance sensor, servos, leds and 3d printed parts. Portal fan recreates a sentry turret using an arduino. It uses an arduino nano to control two servers for tilt and pan. Its a autonomous gun that tracks motion on a webcam. The software should detect if no arduino is attached. Opensource sentry gun plans promise the next level of office. May 04, 2010 im building an arduino controlled nerf sentry gun. T his is an arduino controlled rubber band gatling gun. To do this, im using opencv running on a raspberry pi 4 with a logitech c270 webcam mounted to the barrel of the turret, plugged in via usb.