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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:H8C9HB.6qJ@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) with (...) be (...) Seeing this get me thinking of the lawnmower that my father has. It made by Husqarna (a Swedish company) and it is a fully (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually the first vehicle I used to test this sensor is a rack-and-pinion steered car, see a short video (Divx3) here: (URL) This is what I did with my SteerBot as well as (...) Documentation is also why I used a standard roverbot to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Rob and Ross, (...) Sorry, I have neither time nor structure to do that... (...) I hope so ! (...) I have not tested that (my longest track is about 5 meters), but as actual current is fairly low I think that wire can be quite long. I used thin (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello Stef, (...) Thanks ;o) (...) That might work, but getting a high enough field to be detected and be immune to external sources (including earth magnetic field!) would require a LARGE current, not very practical... Philo www.philohome.com (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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This is beautiful! I, too, have been inspired by the cars driving around Legoland (though in California and Denmark) but my solution has been to use the light sensor on a visible track. It occures to me that it would be very easy to adapt your (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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