USB Webcam Tracking System

Make your own tracking webcam with a Usb Missile Launcher.
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Step 1: Hack and Modify Usb Missile Launcher

You need to modify the PAN / TILT system for better move.

Before mod :
Pan : 340 ° in 17 seconds
Tilt : 45 ° in 2 seconds.
initialisation neutral position : 9 seconds

After :

pan 355° and tilt around 70°

Unscrew base.

Step 2: Detail of Pan Switch

2 switch for end pan.

Step 3: Cut the Pan Contact

cut the pan contact ( green in red circle ). Be careful ... if you break it .... turn turn turn

Step 4: Tilt Modification

Unscrew the "gun" part, and keep carefully the motor and little switch ( no use in this mod .. but may be use for Camera or other contact).

Step 5: Change Tilt

use the white wheel to make a big new one .. use hot glue.
Cut black plastic, for maximum move

Step 6: Add a Webcam ..

So, now add a webcam ....

Step 7: Outdoor Box

To make a outdoor box, use a plastic fish aquarium. And a plastic bottle.

Step 8: How to Outdoor Box ..

Use a CD cake box ... glu, rubber, whit paint ....

Step 9: Cut Box

cut the cakebox and fix it with hard glu. Put a rubber around the fish tank.
Dont forget some hole for Usb cable. Fix the tank to the bottle with big screw ...

Paint ...

Step 10: Look How It Run ...

So, now you can use Roborealm software, to make a tracking program .... like this mine