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Subject: 
Ultrasonic Mapping Robot
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 01:52:00 GMT
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Andy Gombos <[gombos@]AntiSpam[ne.infi.net]>
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Hello

I have another idea for a mapping robot that maps out a room and it's
obstacles.
This time I think that I could use an ultrasonic sensor to map obstacles
out to a distance, then have the RCX figure out the maximum distance
that can be moved forward without hitting anything. After this, the
obstacle mapping continues, and the clear path searching finds a new
mapping line. Then the map is uploaded to a computer, and plotted. This
map could be used to plot waypoints in the room for the robot to follow
to do a task.

    Now I want to know, Is this feasible? I think the only hard part
would be changing the array so that the new mapped values match in
positito with the old ones. Any ideas on this?

Andy



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  Re: Ultrasonic Mapping Robot
 
Your biggest problem will be maintain accurate position information. The idea could work you just need a reliable method for calculating where the bot actually is and what direction it is pointing. (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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