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Re: Positioning
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:38:52 GMT
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The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigitalSPAMCAKE.com>
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I think the solution is to replace the girlfriend and paint the designs on
the floor.
;)
--Doug Wilcox, whose most gracious wife has let him run string permanently
across one room of the house for development and showing-off of a trambot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carsten Müller <spirou@jumper.org>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Positioning
> Hello,
>
> I think about a little robot, which is able to move around a 'normal'
> room/flat and always knows where he stands. The current version of my
> robot is able to detect the speed and direction he is moving. But as
> everybody can imagine, the error grows and the accuracy of the position
> fades away. Now i think about using 2 or 3 IR beacons in conjunction
> with a custom IR Sensor to determine the actual position of the robot
> inside the room
>
> Now my question:
> Has anybody played around with triangulation or are there other
> suggestions in how to calculate the position of the robot. My girlfriend
> insists, not to paint rectangular shapes on the floor. So I thought of
> another solution.
>
> regards Carsten
>
> --
> "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
> all the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
> if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason.
> By all means, do not use a hammer."
>
> -IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>
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