Re i keep telling my wif:e, Max is a very nice, special guy ...
@intseeker: I keep telling my wife, Max is a very nice, special guy
You are correct -- we should not dissillusion her :-)
intseeker
3/12/2013 1:29:51 PM
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Fuzzy memory?
Hey, Max, if I keep this timeline of yours, I came BEFORE the saurus!
However, in my Master's thesis, December 1979, back then, I had already included robust servomechanism principles which since the 70's already generalized the ideas of the Worldwar II put into the PID controllers. Also in that thesis, I used quadratic functional optimization controller (solving the Riccatti equation) technique, under development during the previous 20 years! Not to speak that I wasn't a wiz in stochastic processes, or I would have also included the Kalman filter, to play with parameter estimation.
The only difference today with these cool things, is that they are all included in MathWorks and Mathematica.
intseeker
3/12/2013 1:18:55 PM
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i keep telling my wife, Max is a very nice, special guy ...
So, I am not going to show her this particular blog, for her bias for fellines is so extreme that she will find Max weird for having similar plans for his cats.
No, I will keep her image of Max in high standards, like mine. Between you and I, I don't even think cats have soul, do you? hehehe
Re: Holy caped crusaders its Max and his squadron of flying cats!
@Jezmo: Quick update -- I've dropped the idea of building a real flying version of this (I've just got too many projects "on the go" at the moment) ... but I still really like the look of it, so now I'm looking for patterns to sew a lifelike fluffy toy version of a cat and make it look like thsi one -- plus I'm going to make a mouse rider sitting on a saddle on the cat with goggles and a white silk scarf .... I think this will be mega cool hanging in my office :-)
Re: Holy caped crusaders its Max and his squadron of flying cats!
@JezmoSSL: Thus far I've never programmed a dual-core anything, but off-the-top-of-my-head I'm sure that if you are experianced with a stardard 32-bit soft core then you can probably do things really quickly.
The thing for me is that I don't just want to build a basic radio-controlled flying "thing" -- I can pick one of those up at Best Buy -- I do like the "cat look" (especially with the idea of a mouse pilot ridfing on top of it) but truth to tell I woudln't use a real cat -- I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a suitable fluffy-toy version (probably take out the insides -- replace with a light-wait composite frame and that ultra-light air-gel stuff as filler).
As I mentioned in another answer, I woudl llike to take this a bit farther, like adding two cameras (one behind each eye). It would be uber-cool to have a virtual reality-type headset so you see the cat's binocular vision as a true 3D flying experiance. But I'd also liek to work on automatic control systems that allow you to tell it where you want it to go ("forward -- faster -- pull-up --") but the on-board systems are in charge of detecting and recoznizing objects and avoiding obstacles. Do you think your 16-bit soft core is up to this?
Re: Gyroscopes and fed back loop controllers
@My planet: I agree that the first one -- as implemented -- is pretty much just a regular radio-controller "thing" ... but what if you added two cameras (one behind each eye) and then worked on automatic control systems that allow you to tell it where you want it to go but the on-board systems are in charge of detecting and avoiding obstacles...
Re: Fuzzy schmuzzy
@Adam: What does your wife do with any "left over" cats? :-)
Myplanet
6/18/2012 2:41:44 AM
User Rank Guru
Gyroscopes and fed back loop controllers
Max, the first one is just like a remote control flying cat with a limited range. But the second one is like a flight with a gyroscope to track the path of movement and feedback loop can help them to reach back the destination. Normally in Rockets, we use to embed gyroscopes for moving in the pre determined paths and a feedback controller for correction in path.
JezmoSSL
6/17/2012 6:04:42 AM
User Rank Blogger
Re: Holy caped crusaders its Max and his squadron of flying cats!
Tell you what, as its starting to look like this blog is marketing puff by xilinx for their zinq FPGA I,ll set you a challenge. You develop your controller using the xilinx daul core wonderousness and Ill do one using my 16 bit soft core risc processor and we will see which is cheaper and faster to develop. O.K?
Re: Fuzzy schmuzzy
My wife volunteers at a cat rescue best not let her read this column. I have worked with neural networks before they are very interesting and not to difficult to implement being ideally suited for FPGA implementation.
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