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Re: Antenna Bumpers/Insects
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:42:07 GMT
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Original-From:
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Pete Hardie <pete.hardie@dvsg.sciatl.%NoMoreSpam%com>
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Vaan, Howard wrote:
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> I've just made a simple bot with the antenna-like config in the
> Constructopedia + implemented the simple touch>stop motor algorithm.
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> One problem the robot has is with table/chair legs and the like - the bot
> wanders straight into it and then can't escape because the antennae make it
> continually steer back into it.
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> OK - I know plenty of ways to fix this, from a HW or SW point of view . . .
> that's not the question.
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> How do real insects with long antenna manage this problem? Can they walk
> backwards? I don't think so . . .
They change the position of the antennae - those things usually have a
joint
at the base.
How else would they wave them around menacingly?
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Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta |
Digital Video Services Group |
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| I've just made a simple bot with the antenna-like config in the Constructopedia + implemented the simple touch>stop motor algorithm. One problem the robot has is with table/chair legs and the like - the bot wanders straight into it and then can't (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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