MouseAir Version 2 Takes Flight in New Video!

The SwitchDoc labs project MouseAir is a bit more whimsical than
WeatherArduino,BeaconAir or Project Curacao.  This project detects the cat, loads a furry fake mouse in to a launching slot, fires a servo and then launches it in the air by using

quickly rotating motors.  Four servo motors, two DC motors, a pi camera, and an ultrasonic detector all controlled by a Raspberry Pi connected to a control panel built with the RasPiConnect App.

The Mouse has now taken flight with MouseAir Version 2.0 as shown in the video below.

Those who have been following this project know that SwitchDoc Labs is in the middle for cost and size redesign for version 2.  And they also know that this project has been on the back burner for a while due to other pressing project commitments.  Well, now I have the

MakerBot 3D printer Replicator 5th generation up and working (another long story), and I have a 3D printing article on MouseAir due in mid October for Raspberry Pi Geek Magazine.

 

I’m still not happy with the loading mechanism.  It is too unreliable.  I am working on a complete redesign.  The firing rack and pinion servo motor driven is all working well.  The PC Board is doing great too.

To the left is the RasPiConnect Control Panel.

More in the coming weeks.