Stereo camera sensor module

Capella - Stereo Vision Camera Reference Design
http://www.e-consystems.com/stereo-vision-camera.asp


How to synchronise two CMOS Camera Modules for Stereo Vision
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/29869

Technical writing online resources

• UNC Writing Center
• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/specific-writing-assignments/literature-reviews
• Lots of tutorials. They are not limited to engineering papers
• Thesis writing
• How to Write a PhD Thesis
  http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html
• How to Write a Thesis
  http://ciips.ee.uwa.edu.au/pub/HowToWriteAThesis.pdf
• How to Organize your Thesis
  http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html

boost thread, circular_buffer

Threading with Boost - Part I: Creating Threads
http://antonym.org/2009/05/threading-with-boost---part-i-creating-threads.html

The Boost.Threads Library
http://drdobbs.com/cpp/184401518?pgno=2

boost::thread / boost::thread_group
http://neive.tistory.com/48 (Korean)

Maximum number of threads
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/344203/maximum-number-of-threads-per-process-in-linux
- cat /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max - my laptop(dell vostro/ubuntu/i5): 60949
- stack space (default stack size of thread is 2MB)

boost c++ libraries - circular_buffer
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/circular_buffer/doc/circular_buffer.html

hexacopter gcs build

• qt4
• libs dependency
• libgsl: gnu scientific library
• libtnt: interface for scientific computing in C++
• qextserialport: Qt interface class for old fashioned serial ports
• build issues
• QextSerialPort: windows.h missing
• http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/2007-07/thread00887-0.html
• LIBS          += -lqextserialport
  unix:DEFINES   = _TTY_POSIX_
  win32:DEFINES  = _TTY_WIN_ QWT_DLL QT_DLL
• QextSerialPort shared object file link error
• http://www.qtcentre.org/archive/index.php/t-27256.html
• http://fleshandmachines.wordpress.com/tag/ubuntu/
• Move the library files to somewhere in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH: in my case it is /usr/lib
• Problems with linking GSL / CBLAS
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/69316/problems-with-linking-gsl-cblas
• Try to write -lgsl before -lgslcblas
• Unable to locate theme engine in module_path:"pixmap"
  (missing dependency on gtk2-engines-pixbuf
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quickly/+bug/853232
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/762167
• sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

OpenCV tutorial

• Configuring Code::Blocks for OpenCV
• Ubuntu 11.10, OpenCV 2.1 (installed by synaptic)
• http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/CodeBlocks (tutorial with screen shots)
• Now you can simply put this into "Linker settings -> Other linker options":
• pkg-config opencv --libs
• And put this into "Compiler-> Other options":
• pkg-config opencv --cflags
• Simple camera capture code
• http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/CameraCapture (C/C++)
• FUll OpenCV WIki 
• http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/FullOpenCVWiki
• useful for checking camera campatibility

Thinking About Accelerometers and Gravity

Useful article about accelerometers and gravity by Dave Redell

http://www.lunar.org/docs/LUNARclips/v5/v5n1/Accelerometers.html


An accelerometer never senses gravitational acceleration.
or more specifically:
An accelerometer is a device that senses deviation from freefall.

2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference

http://www.roboticsconference.org/program.html



http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss07/p33.html
@INPROCEEDINGS{Patil-RSS-11,
    AUTHOR    = {Sachin Patil AND Jur van den Berg AND Ron Alterovitz},
    TITLE     = {Motion Planning Under Uncertainty In Highly Deformable Environments},
    BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems},
    YEAR      = {2011},
    ADDRESS   = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
    MONTH     = {June}
}

http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss07/p22.html
@INPROCEEDINGS{Kobilarov-RSS-11,
    AUTHOR    = {Marin Kobilarov},
    TITLE     = {Cross-Entropy Randomized Motion Planning},
    BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems},
    YEAR      = {2011},
    ADDRESS   = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
    MONTH     = {June}
}

http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss07/p02.html
@INPROCEEDINGS{Bhattacharya-RSS-11,
    AUTHOR    = {Subhrajit Bhattacharya AND Maxim Likhachev AND Vijay Kumar},
    TITLE     = {Identification and Representation of Homotopy Classes of Trajectories for Search-based Path Planning in 3D},
    BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems},
    YEAR      = {2011},
    ADDRESS   = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
    MONTH     = {June}
}

http://www.roboticsproceedings.org/rss06/p28.html
@INPROCEEDINGS{ Vitus-RSS-10,
    AUTHOR    = {M. Vitus AND C. Tomlin},
    TITLE     = {Sensor Placement for Improved Robotic Navigation},
    BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems},
    YEAR      = {2010},
    ADDRESS   = {Zaragoza, Spain},
    MONTH     = {June}
}