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Ferrero Rocher Trees & Computational Geometry

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

This little hazelnut tree is growing in a farm in Northern Italy. When mature, it will produce lots of these But meantime it needs lots of tender loving care. The care will be provided by a robot tractor driving carefully … Continue reading →

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Bin Packing

Posted on November 15, 2019 by

For many years I have maintained open source code to optimize the arrangement of small items in larger bins in two and three dimensions. My interest in this problem has been maintained by requests from several clients to provide front … Continue reading →

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New Mexico Senate Webcaster

Posted on February 23, 2019 by

Every session of the New Mexico state senate since 2009 has been webcast using a computer application designed and coded by SpeakerToRobots. The chair recognizes one of the senators. When the senator begins to speak, one of three cameras has … Continue reading →

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PELEX-MAX

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

A showcase for some recent work on real time signal processing http://pinmed.net/wireless_mri-compatible_12-lead_ecg_pressure_oximetry/ There are five applications comprising the heart of the software in this system:  Mixer which does the signal processing  GUI which helps the user to edit the 100 … Continue reading →

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GRAPHEX : The Raven’s Point Graph Explorer.

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

A GUI for the boost graph library. – Add named vertices. – Specify pinned, fixed location for vertices – Add edges connecting vertices – Arrange vertices in a circle – Arrange vertices according to their connections.  This uses a modified … Continue reading →

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Simodbus

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

An open source MODBUS Master/Slave simulator Features 1. A windows desktop application 2. Coded in C++ using .NET 3. Option to simulate a master or a slave. 4. Option to use ASCII or RTU mode 5. Able to configure serial … Continue reading →

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Speaker to Robots

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Raven’s Point builds applications that speak to robots. Larry Niven’s science fiction stories feature a character named Chmee who is the alien ambassador to Earth.  His title, when translated into English, is Speaker-To-Animals. The formal term for this is SCADA , … Continue reading →

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Pipeline Pig

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

A small device squeezes through a hundred kilometers of oil pipeline that twists and turns beneath the sea. When the ‘pig’ returns it has recorded data about every centimeter, which Raven’s Point software will analyze and display in three dimensions. … Continue reading →

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Optometric Device Integrator

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Optometrists (also known as ophthalmic opticians) are licensed medical professionals who prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision. They use several different devices to measure the patient’s eyes ( an Autorefractor Keratometer AR ), the lenses ( a lensmeter  LM ) and … Continue reading →

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The Great Nonogram Hunt

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Nonograms are a kind of Japanese image puzzle akin to Soduko, or perhaps Minesweeper. The puzzle solver’s goal is to find an image on a rectangular pixel grid that adheres to certain row and column descriptions. A Nonogram is a … Continue reading →

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