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Post by Gerald on Jan 15, 2010 17:31:45 GMT -5
Discuss the ups and downs of using either a RC car or a Lego bot here.
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Post by Ying on Jan 15, 2010 17:58:22 GMT -5
How about if we spend one day (monday?) de-engineering the spice-bot and decide what its gonna take to build our own chassis? We can then decide which route we're gonna take.
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Post by Ying on Jan 15, 2010 18:04:38 GMT -5
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Post by Ying on Jan 15, 2010 18:29:06 GMT -5
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hans
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Post by hans on Jan 15, 2010 18:38:05 GMT -5
I would be ok if we meet next Monday but I have one class (1:00-2:30).
I guess Lego robot would be ok;;;;;
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Post by Ying on Jan 15, 2010 21:40:18 GMT -5
Talked to a couple engineers. Scratch RFID or audio homing- way too difficult a project for such a short time. We should use IR beacons for tracking. Something like this commercial module: www.pololu.com/catalog/product/701Easy to implement but a bit costly though. What do you think? |
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Post by Gerald on Jan 16, 2010 5:44:19 GMT -5
Talked to a couple engineers. Scratch RFID or audio homing- way too difficult a project for such a short time. We should use IR beacons for tracking. Something like this commercial module: www.pololu.com/catalog/product/701Easy to implement but a bit costly though. What do you think? I don't know how well it's going to work if there's an obstacle in the way that will obstruct the IR's line of sight. |
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Post by Ying on Jan 17, 2010 16:42:15 GMT -5
Unless the obstacle is a concrete wall then yeah. Chairs/tables won't be a problem. But ideally we want to keep the robot a couple feet behind the person its following. I don't think the short range will be a problem for IR.
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