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Robin Hood of the Future: Robot Archer iClub

Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology have created the first robot archer. It grips a bow and uses computer vision to aim at the target. It learns on the fly from failed attempts. It was a project led by Petar Kormushev, and is a fruit of open-source development. The robot or humanoid looks really good, standing 3.5 feet tall and has illuminated facial features and big round eyes. It mimics the learning behavior of a growing child. Watch the robot in action:

My own domain ---> http://asimmittal.net

Hey everyone, I’ve recently bought a domain name at justHost.com and my website goes live today. You can follow my blog through the site.

The URL is : http://asimmittal.net

The blog has been changed visually and is now integrated with the website. You can still follow it via RSS. The website will also contain views into my youtube channel and contain the most relevant project work that I’ve done in the last year or so.

Please feel free to write to me with suggestions on how to improve the look and feel of my website. I have gone with a “Text/Image” only version to speed up loading and achieve a neat and clean look.

Hope you like it!

Note to Self : Google Not Found!

Today a peculiar thing happened. My web browsers (IE, Firefox and Chrome) couldn’t locate Google.com!

The fix was resetting the TCP/IP service using the NetShell utility from the command line. Here’s the syntax (do remember to run the command prompt in “Admin” mode):

> netsh int ip reset C:\resetlog.txt

Multi point "touchless" Workspace using Wii + Python

Hey, due to popular demand, I'm uploading a video of the final section of my presentation @ PyCon India 2010. This video shows how the Wii can be combined with some nifty Python code to create a touch less workspace, with more than one point of control (a touch less multi touch... goofy!)

The source is available on the projects page (runPuzzle.py is the file you wanna peek into). I'm currently working on implementing a 3D workspace for viewing photos and playing movies, that would respond to gestures and the motion of my fingers, using the same principle of course. Anyone interested in contributing, give me a buzz. I'm gonna need a little help with OpenGL on Python.

Thanks everyone for making PyCon 2010 a roaring success! Ektitli.org is looking for volunteers to come forth and help us in any way they can. Contact Vaibhav @ ektitli.org for more info.