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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: BDPrimetime on May 27, 2011, 11:47:57 AM
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I am building a robot that will be controlled remotely at first and primarily used for surveillance. I am looking for a descent camera that has a zoom feature (optical), is networkable (either native or through a video server), and has 2 way audio. It is not important (to a point) how big the camera is as the robot is fairly large and I will size the pan/tilt system to the camera. I have found several that would be great but they are through the roof expensive. Does anyone know of a camera or camera and video server combo that will fit these criteria in the $350 or under category.
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look at the hootoo.
http://www.hootoo.com/twoway-audio-wifi-pan-tilt-ip-camera-p-56242.html (http://www.hootoo.com/twoway-audio-wifi-pan-tilt-ip-camera-p-56242.html)
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The ones on this site do not quite fit the bill. The camera needs to have a optical zoom feature. I may be asking too much for the price range. I found one on superdroids website that would probably work with a video server, http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1015 (ftp://http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1015) but i cannot find any info on this camera. I will keep looking
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9948/index.html (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9948/index.html)
Best PTZ IP camera for <$250.
Built in web server, microphone, 100MB Ethernet and 802.11 Wifi in one small tight little kit. Video quality is top notch too, capable of streaming 640x480 at a solid 30fps.
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9948/index.html (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9948/index.html)
Best PTZ IP camera for <$250.
Built in web server, microphone, 100MB Ethernet and 802.11 Wifi in one small tight little kit. Video quality is top notch too, capable of streaming 640x480 at a solid 30fps.
That one definatly looks good and I will probably be buying a couple of those for the house but after alot looking around I think I am going to go with the standard ccd camera that I posted the link to in my last post and a webserver that has the built in audio. I will still have to come up with a pan tilt system but I have a couple of ideas there. Now lets just hope the rest of the bot works as planned!