PanoBot

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PANOBOT: A Panorama Robot, Version 1 Panobot is a full-automatic robot designed to create panoramas and gigapixels using small and large cameras. The camera is mounted on a turret for pan-tilt motion, allowing the user to program capture parameters and start rotating the camera, taking one or multiple pictures per position with enough overlap. This Panorama Robot holds large cameras like DSLRs with big telephoto lenses, ideal for creating panoramas and gigapixels. I use this bot with my Canon 80D DSLR and have used lenses up to 600mm. Panobot Features: * Scan: starts a scan * Sphere: starts a 360x180-degree scan * Take Picture: allows manual picture taking for testing camera trigger connection * Setup: defines the scan area, image delay, shutter delay, focal length, horizontal and vertical overlap, and crop factor Required Hardware: * 3D printed parts: + Central gear + Tripod mount (Thingiverse link) + Drive gear + Panobot pan bottom + Panobot pan top + Pantilt connector print + Tilt stepper mount print + Tilt side stepper gear + Variable tilt base side + Variable tilt base drivenside + Panobot variable tilt base inner 2x or large + Panobot tilt spacer STL * Mechanical parts: + Screws, washers, and nuts (M3 and M4) + Bearings (608) + Rods (8mm) for pan, tilt, and pan/tilt movements * Electronic parts: + Complete list of required parts and instructions on the Panobot Github Wiki Required Software: * Install Atom editor * Follow steps on Platformio.org/get-started/ide?install=atom to install Platformio-IDE package inside Atom * Code completion: apt-get install clang All hardware and software requirements can be found in my GitHub repository: http://github.com/RobertFach/panobot.git. Examples of panoramas created with this machine: Norway: + http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/210788 + http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/210792 + http://gigapan.com/gigapans/210796 Denmark: + http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/201613 (1.2 Gigapixel) + http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/201533 (360 degree, 400 Megapixel) + http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/201669 (360x180-degree spherical image, 300 Megapixel) Video of a running capture: https://vimeo.com/264560924 (Current Version)