Build Your Own Autonomous NERF Blaster: Programming Mayhem with Processing and Arduino (Paperback)

Design and build your own robotic, Arduino-powered sentry blaster!

Break out the big daddy blaster--and teach it to act on its own! Build Your Own Autonomous NERF Blaster walks you through cool DIY projects, such as working with motion sensors, remote monitors, and facial detection software, all while building up to the ultimate goal: a robotic NERF weapon that finds and fires on its targets! Have some serious fun along the way as you learn about creative coding with Processing and Arduino.

Step-by-step instructions show you how to:

• Construct and mount a servo, NERF blaster, and webcam in harmonious alignment
• Program Processing to receive video, search it for a face, and then pass instructions to your Arduino board via USB cable
• Configure Arduino to process the message and instruct the servo to move to a new position
• Specify your target radius in Processing and, when met, send the message to Arduino that it's time to "open fire!"

設計並建造你自己的機器人，使用Arduino驅動的哨兵槍！
拿出最強大的爸爸槍，並教它自己行動！《自己動手建造自主NERF槍》將引導你進行一系列酷炫的DIY項目，例如使用動作感應器、遠程監控和面部檢測軟體，同時逐步實現最終目標：建造一把能夠尋找並射擊目標的機器人NERF武器！在學習使用Processing和Arduino進行創意編程的過程中，你還可以玩得非常開心。

逐步指南將向你展示如何：
- 將伺服馬達、NERF槍和網路攝影機組裝並安裝在一起
- 程式化Processing接收視訊，搜尋其中的人臉，然後通過USB電纜將指令傳遞給Arduino板
- 配置Arduino處理訊息並指示伺服馬達移動到新位置
- 在Processing中指定目標半徑，當達到時，向Arduino發送訊息，表示是時候「開火」了！