Real-life Portal Turret Tracks Movement and Shoots. Guard Dogs Should Update Their Resumes.

By Jarret Redding May 10th, 2012

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You’ve had a good run, guard dogs, but it looks like your services may no longer be needed in the future. Behold a real-life Portal turret that tracks and shoots. A little slow at this point, but with it being a early version I still have to admit that the accuracy is pretty good. Not bad for a final project for a Advanced Mechatronics class at Penn State University. Guard dogs, you have been put on notice.

Jarret Redding

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Jarret is Executive Director as well as one of the founding members of Mash Those Buttons. He plays all types of games, but tends to lean more toward FPS, Stealth, and Combat games.

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