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HOW TO make a Sentry Gun

The idea of this project was to create a fully-automated sentry gun, capable of picking out a human target and accurately tracking and shooting him or her in the heart. Really, the idea was to find a cool robotics project for the summer while I was working at an advertising agency, and I'd only ever seen sentry guns in movies (like Congo) and video games (Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress Classic). [via] Link.

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Posted by: SchretterWorks on September 23, 2005 at 6:43 AM

A WORK OF ART !

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Posted by: Undrln on September 23, 2005 at 8:24 AM

That has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen...
I need to build one of those, at the very least to scare the crap out of my roommate.

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Posted by: Muddler on September 23, 2005 at 8:45 AM

I can't believe you admitted you have seen the movie Congo.

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Posted by: Muddler on September 23, 2005 at 8:46 AM

I can't believe you admitted that you have seen the movie Congo.

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Posted by: DaveA on September 23, 2005 at 11:54 AM

"...capable of picking out a human target and accurately tracking and shooting him or her in the heart..."

Dude, you got issues... (the cool kind)
That's awesome, nice work!

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Posted by: sovietyam on September 24, 2005 at 12:40 AM

Sweet, very nice work

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Posted by: Kearns on September 24, 2005 at 1:48 PM

Guns suck!

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Posted by: kay_dogg50 on January 11, 2006 at 8:33 PM

i need the instructions of how to make an sentry gun and brass knucknuckles!!!

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