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Pan/Tilt/Roll Camera Head
by tirokartchief, published
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This is the design of a set of parts for a pan, tilt and roll camera head. It's intended to be used with parts from two Logitech C250 (or similar) webcams to form a complete stereo 3D camera system. It's also possible to mount an IMU on the roll platform to measure the cameras' attitudes for stabilization and other purposes. Obviously it'd be easy to adapt the design to mount other cameras. Also, the roll stage can be omitted leaving quite a compact pan and tilt design. More details and photographs can be found in various posts on my blog at tirokartblog.wordpress.com/ and there's a video of it working at youtube.com/watch?v=963WJ6VxLuM .
*** Note: the Hitec servos used in this design are very powerful and care must be taken at all times when using them. This is particular relevant when testing control software as parts can move very fast. ***
*** Note: the Hitec servos used in this design are very powerful and care must be taken at all times when using them. This is particular relevant when testing control software as parts can move very fast. ***
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Pan/Tilt/Roll Camera Head by tirokartchief is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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The design consists of a pan stage that forms the base of the mount. This is a single MakerBot piece. Next up is the tilt stage which is made of of three parts that need to be glued and bolted together with 8-32 nuts and bolts. Mounted on this is the tilt platform, made up of two parts bolted together (not glued as it's easier to bolt them when in place on the shafts). Bolted onto this with 1/4 - 20 nuts and threaded rod is the roll stage and then finally the roll platform. The platform itself is made up of three parts and then the Logitech webcams each have a sort of yoke that allows them to be mounted onto the roll platform such that they can be aligned accurately.
It is important to run the gcode conversion at a high fill density - a couple of parts disintegrated when made using default settings. The more solid the better.
It is important to run the gcode conversion at a high fill density - a couple of parts disintegrated when made using default settings. The more solid the better.
Pan/Tilt/Roll Camera Head by tirokartchief is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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