Thinking @ Speed of Light

Long story short, I crashed my previous quad (sadly i did not get any footage of that) and in moving from Bangalore to Nainital i damaged a few of the components (2 ESC's and a Motor) so I decided that instead of trying to repair the old quad i would just go ahead and build a new one with better components. I will use the remaining components to build an RC boat that i plan to use for some other projects for MistriLabs . I wanted to design my own frame and even purchased a Jigsaw so that I could make something more complicated that Quad 1.0. I went ahead an made some 3D mock-ups (will post the renders soon) of my idea(s) but alas I don't have the time to actually make such a complicated frame right now being quite busy with the work for my start-up (Quad v3.0 hopefully). Anyway I order the components and assembled them for QUAD v2.0 (name suggestions welcome). The quad is in the "X" configuration with a yellow ball to indicate the front. Component List: Fl...

Well this is awkward. I wrote this post about 5 months back but forgot to upload it. I just realised my mistake today while writing another post. Anyway here goes. Finally got a new system !!! My current laptop has been tortured enough ( http://blog.abhimanyukumar.in/search/label/HP6515b ). May it rest in peace. Config: Processor: Intel i7 2600K 3.4 GHz Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB 1600MHz x 2 Graphics: Zotax nVidia GTX 570 Cabinet: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus PSU : Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 600 watt HDD: Currently using the 160GB 2.5" HDD from my laptop. Will update later. Monitor: Dell S2230MX 21.5" Ultra-Slim Monitor with LED PS: Rendering on this is about 8.75 times faster than my laptop.

Here are some renders of a Ferrari F430 model made and textured by me using 3Ds max 2009 with mental ray. Here is a video of the same model with the color transition done in After Effects CS3.

Here are a few still of the model of Lamborghini Reventon that i created .. there is also a cloth covering the car .. this has been done using cloth simulation in 3ds Max 2009... Cloth Covering WireFrames Model - No Texture Model - With Texture Video - Music provided by my friend Akash Sharma Update: Here is the version with photometric lighting Update 2: Anaglyph Red-Cyan 3D image PS: Will be posting cloth simulation tutorial asap.....

Here are some pics of the 3D model of the M.A.R.S. Robot. The 3D model has details of all the mechanical components of the robot.... Specification Video :-

M.A.R.S or Moblie Adaptive Robotic System is a robotic platform being developed by me and a few friends. The original design for the robot was: Then after a few design changes we decided to keep the inner and outer tracks on the the same plane.Currently the chassis of the bot(an aluminum frame of 22" X 17" X 8.5") has been completed and rite now the gearbox is being designed. The  current layout plan for the robot is A few pics of the chassis are here: