Becoming a Living GUNDAM: b.a.k.i. (breakthrough automated [kannon] instrument) @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi
Brian Chen, who came up with the Superior Automated Gauntlet Apparatus (S.A.G.A.) ia hackster.io
In my ongoing campaign to become a living GUNDAM, after I finished the S.A.G.A. (Superior Assault Gauntlet Apparatus) project for my forearms, I decided the next body part I would weaponize would be my deltads (shoulders lol). I wanted to create a shoulder cannon that could target and fire automatically, like Marvel’s War Machine.
Problem was, the only things I had ever programmed in were MATLAB and Arduino, both for very simple applications. In order to create a cannon that could auto-target, I needed something with more computational power. So I enrolled in ENGI 301 to learn Python and take the next step forward in programming.
Before going for the full shoulder cannon right away, I chose to create a stationary defense turret first, to keep things simple. Well, simpler.
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