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Thanks to the folks at Lifetime Archery for the use of their range: lifetimearchery.com
I've been dreaming about making an automatic archery bow for a long time. I finally made it. I hope you like it!
90% of this project was made on the Fuse 1: bit.ly/fuse-1-printer
Get merch + support the channel: stuffmadehere.shop/
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Get optitrack cameras: optitrack.com
Thanks to the folks at Lifetime Archery for the use of their range: lifetimearchery.com
I've been dreaming about making an automatic archery bow for a long time. I finally made it. I hope you like it!
A big thanks to everyone who supports these projects on Patreon. Your help enables me to do things like spending six weeks developing an auto aiming bow... if you'd like to chip in and get access to some behind the scenes stuff, check out patreon.com/stuffmadehere
wow kool but i need something i can go hunting with
Hi
This is awesome
Yes…He is the one…
This is absolutely incredible
@thatravendude Hell ya, and Jorge would be highly impressed with this stuff. I'm sure he would have some awesome ideas to contribute as well. ... And of course make it more dangerous, since this is the sling-shot channel. haha
@It'sYou'reNotYour 100 percent The Slingshot Channel collaboration wold be amazing. As good as LPL one
@macthelost go fix some of your cardboard airplanes and on the way learn how the comments sections work
@Jona7Fer this has nothing to do with this
I'm also impressed by how many skills your wife has. You have built so many things specifically because your wife is good at something you didn't learn, which is fascinating and really entertaining.
If I think about it, I need a girlfriend very fast, so I can build stuff she can do good
I am so insanely jealous of the fact that you have 8 optitrack cameras. Those things are so expensive and so useful
That is what happens when you help to engineer one of the most popular enterprise 3d printers on the market.
@Ivy Giebe right, why spend the time when the work is already done for you....learn to focus on things important (which isn't making cameras that already exist)
@Erick Lestrange well yeah they're just cameras but making sytem this accurate would require an insane amount of work. They advertise being accurate within +/- 0.1mm
there arent any magical sensors, they probably are just cameras with a lot of trained images with that little ball. so u should be able to make them with any camera and AI software. you cant even pump up the resolution cause they would slow the algorithms so the only real difference they can have is the light rings
@Excali Gaming "any Hollywood actor is a poor pleb even vs a 1m sub channel." Maybe you should think before writing bs like that.
You should mount a range finder to smart glasses that track where you're looking so you can use the system in any environment.
I missed two videos and finally got time to come back for them. This is so freaking amazing, Shane. And your wife is too, awesome archery skill!
"The Aimbow" legendary bow +100% accuracy - user takes 15hp facial dmg per shot
@MyNameIs you are though! The problem lies in that you wrote this comment.
The Autobow [+] Arrows Automatically fly towards the head of any Target in a 3 Degree Cone [+] Automatically fires [+] Projectiles Travel 20% Faster [-] Has to be fully charged in Order to fire [-] -5 Health per Shot [-] 15% Less Movement speed [-] 5% Additional deploy time [~] Modified version of the "Fortified Compound" built by the Engineer for the Sniper in his free time. Although living by the quote "Professionals have Standards" he can make minor exceptions
@Colinouille It's just the lucksman
(Only works if several tracking cameras are installed in the surroundings)
I’d love to see a version that uses the Autoloader that JeorgSprave made that functions as its own standalone unit (parallax targetfinders integrated to the bow instead of mounted to an interior).
You could probably sell one of these that works on a stand to a bow company. I’m a bowhunter not an engineer, but this is pretty freakin cool. Not practical, but certainly cool.
This is really cool!!! I love that he can only use it in his basement or wherever those cameras are set up. It’s like having the most op gun in an fps but you can only use it without 10 feet of your teams spawn. Awesome!
The fact that your wife is able to hit such a tiny target flying so fast is just insane. And the amount of engineering that was required to emulate that, just shows how amazing her skills are. Though I must say - when the autobow finally hit a moving target - it felt really great to watch, after witnessing your struggle.
I can't think of a ITmoresr who I look forward to more. This was incredible!
Now make it with redstone
Oh no 😳
“ it’s quite simple really “
Mumbo make this in minecraft
YOOOOO fancy seein you here Mumbo
I took archery as a kid, so this was really fun to watch, and see a different, and far more complex way of doing archery. I bet you could've programed to compensate for the "archer's paradox" issue, but by the way you looked and sounded about it, I think you did the next best thing.😁
Nice video! I know these projects take an enormous amount of time an are super labor intensive but, is there a chance we are going to see a version 2 of this thing in the near future? 🙃
I love this video so much! The idea and the execution are all amazing, good job!
Good for you using duck duck go! And great video! Always so entertaining and mind blowing that you’re able to engineer all the things you make
“I’m trying really hard not to punch myself, but I punch myself.” Sooo good!
read this at the same time that he said it
If he knew how to shoot properly he'd be fine
@𝖀𝖓𝖐𝖜𝖓 muslim
It was really funny watching the wife pull it. She knew enough about archery to know what physics would do when the bow released the string.
I love what you do, I have been watching your videos for quite a while now and you keep impressing me. I can not wait to see how you change the world. I love your hard work and determination, keep up the great work.
Love what you make, keep up the good work :)
I hope you do make the version 2! This is really cool!
Awesome project. I wonder if there is a chance to implement the archers paradox into the code to get the recurve bow work.
yes definitely, with ai there should be. this kind of thing is "ai scientific paper material" by the way, not something someone would crack for a youtube video
Can we acknowledge that this man is perfectly capable of becoming Iron Man.
@Carl iron man only came out 13 years ago from this video. If he's 35 he would've been 22. Totally could still be Iron Man
Hawkeye
Now all we need are people capable of being the rest of the avengers
i mean he just became hawkeye
More like Hawk eye
Awesome video as always. I'm half a year behind on watching your uploads so this might sound weird but I wanted to say congrats to you two on the baby. I believe you will both be great parents!
I’d love to see a version that uses the Autoloader that JeorgSprave made that functions as its own standalone unit (parallax targetfinders integrated to the bow instead of mounted to an interior).
As I watched this, I almost fell out of my chair cracking up, and I immediately subscribed. As an old, former software engineer, who provided well for his family for 35 years as an embedded software engineer at Bell Labs and other fascinating places; and, whom his friends and family told him, would never get an interesting job pursuing super boring degrees in mathematics, I love how you encourage young people with wit, humor, and marvelous inventions. At the end of my career I decided to teach Adult Ed to those needing a high school diploma or GED and it was a wonderful, life affirming experience for me. Most of my jokes didn’t land as well as yours; however, it was always wonderful to see students eyes light up in their awakening to science, math, and writing; and see many head off in a positive vector. I remember I got so excited when the Arduino and Raspberry PIs came out, and nobody could seemingly understand why. After about ten cool inventions for my grandkids I think they all get it. Look forward to watching your videos.
I use to do some archery with an old fiberglass recurve. I like compounds more that said this has to be the coolest rig I've seen. Kinda reminds me of the movie aliens except with a 🏹 not a huge 🔫. Seriously great video I'm a fan for sure..
Absolutely brilliant.
@Adam Griffin tf man let him get out of his tunnel once in a while
This means a lot
Ikr
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Oh my god mumbo and Colin
Love your work Shane! Reckon you could build a dart gun which can be programmed to hit any score? I can't fathom the challenges behind building something like that
This is insane!! I really want to see a full robot drawing the bow and everything
first time seeing your content and I am very interested in what other gems I can find, great work with the bow it looks amazing
this is kind of insanely cool. I'm jealous of your abilities.
This guy makes me want to be an engineer. I can only imagine the positive impact these videos have on young kids around the world
Yeah. same hehe, I love young kids ..
@ausboss If you choose to study engineering, just know that you won't have time to play games anymore. :D
I am a kid and I want that shit that's awesome 👌
yeah, this guy and Mark Robber
Naw dude, the coding, building, and failing are like 99.99% of this.
I just want to say I am appreciating this video because you show all the struggles. I can't tell you how many times something simple has gone awry. Leaves me feeling attacked almost, like how can I be this unlucky? I think I just need more reminders that I am not alone in this struggle. (By no means are the things you are doing considered simple, but you made the calculations to ensure your success...and failure anyway. Refreshing, thanks.)
Wow, you really inspire me to become an electrical engineer when I'm older (I'm 12) because of the fact that you can make almost anything that pops into your mind. Thank you SMH.
Ok....but can it account for a target at a distance, taking into account gravity and wind? It is really cool for close up shots though.
“He’s not hacking, he’s just really good at the game” The guy: 11:50
As an archer myself, I will tell you that you will get more accuracy out of that compound bow with a drop away rest than the force inducing whisker biscuit. Try that first. In addition, even with a compound bow you cannot get away from the archer's paradox. Spine to tip weight to bow draw weight absolutely matters. Hit me up if you want to discuss - software engineer who has a complete obsession with archery. Love the vids.
@Jona7Fer Nice to know. But anyways.
@Brandon McKune Which is absolutely NOT archers paradox.
@admacdo2009 I’m actually talking about the flex and oscillation of the arrow shaft during flight.
@MyLonewolf25 Substantially maybe not. He’s trying to hit a Lego Apple (size of an aspirin) consistently. I’m not aware of any tournament compound bow archers that use whisker biscuits. They introduce forces that make your shooting less deterministic.
Wow that's incredible. Well done 👍
Now do one with the cameras and a miniaturized system for calculating it attached to the gauntlet and you will have a useable hunting tool. Though for hunting deer the movement will need to be gently staggered.
This makes me think about creating a robot with auto-deploying mini/micro/nano drones to do the camera work.
imagine going to war with that and everyone being like "he's using aimbot!"
To turn this into a Mark Rober quote: "I'm not that good at archery, but I am good at Engineering, so that means I'm actually really good at archery."
@ModernReapers no, I don't put myself down like that I could make something like this if I put tons of time and dedication into it anyone can do it... it's called science
@Daedalus Creative Totally get that. Ever heard of nock points (sorry, possible bad translation from German) on your cheek, or rather your jaw line? Or a slightly bent elbow? Or draw length? Or arrow flexing? Or... the list goes on and on and on.
@Santiago Ferrari it isn't, he just probably would need quite a lot of time and perhaps a different approach
Well in a way making it into a aim bot machine that even corrects your mistakes
@Radix 53 Lots of engineers can do a self-aiming robot. The main question is how long it takes and how expensive. Engineering is on one hand a question of iterations, where a better engineer has a faster convergence on the iterations. And on the other hand, it's a question of ability to think outside the box. Which means either magnificent failures. Or big gains by doing something cheaper or smaller or faster than when going the traditional way. Anyway - it's silly with thread debates arguing if person x can or can not do something similar. It isn't that far from "mu dad has a bigger..."
I think the end result/weapon would actually become _too_ precise if you combined the skills of this guy with those of Joerg Sprave's Instant Legolas ;)
You kill me every time! Nonstop laughs with brilliance blended in.
I find it crazy how fast and slow computers can do stuff and this channel is living proof of it!
I love how the second Lego man looked legitimately terrified, like he saw what had happened to the first one 🤣
This whole channel in a nutshell: “I’m bad at anything skill based , but I’m good at engineering, which actually means I’m actually really good at anything skill based.”
@TotalAsshole Yeah we're the only animals in existence that can just pick something up, toss it at something else and have a good chance at hitting. Some other primates throw things but their aim is _terrible._
Dex:0 Int:10
@Zachary Torrance sussy baka
Humanity in one quote:
That’s a mark rober quote
Wow, this channel is the most amazing thing discovered on ITmores in the last year!
I watch a lot of ITmores and honestly this guy is one of the funniest out there
i love how you include "the family" - Very wholesome content + 2000iq quality!
If you had used a bow with a draw length that suited you, you could've drawn it back further and not have been punching yourself. Also, maybe a beeper to indicate when it would release? Dunno how hard that'd be to incorporate, though.
As an internationally competing archer, I am triggered on so many levels. But as a tech nerd, I am so impressed by your ingenuity and your problemsolving skills!
@Anthony C that's the entire foundation of being triggered. Something you cant do anything about. If I could, I wouldnt be triggered.