Some 3D Photos from November 2004


Its been a bit of a slow month for meetings.  So here are some 3D anaglyph images of some robots.  Also included at the top are a couple of 2D photos of the bots for folks that don't have the Red/Blue glasses needed to see the 3D effect in the 3D pictures.  The 3D anaglyph images are generated using a normal digital camera.  A left and offset right image is taken by simply shifting the camera a bit when talking the two pictures.  Then a freeware program is used to make the anaglyph image.
The freeware program is available at http://www.stereoeye.jp/index_e.html

The Red / Blue glasses to make the 3D image work can be ordered from a number of sites on the web.  There are on occasion 3D picture books that have the cheep cardboard glasses available with the book, so check your local book store.  Some novelty shops I hear also my have them. 

Give your eyes a moment to become accustomed to the image.  There is a little ghosting in the images, apparently the color filters are not able to completely remove the image that each eye shouldn't see.  Also my technique is still in its infancy.  Still its fun to get a better feel for a object that you may never get to see in person!


Left 2D photo is the probably the clubs smallest robot. Built by Dave Hygh.  It uses a Pic 16F628 and uses IR reflective sensors for forward and floor detection.  As with all of Daves robots it makes lots of fun sounds!  The Right 2D photo is a Object Grabber robot by Galen Raben.  It uses the color of the objects to figure out what its got.  Check out Galens web site for more details of his robot. http://home.viawest.net/users/graben/Bots.htm

Now for the 3D versions of the robots.  Don't worry the pictures will only give you a little headache!