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Re: Ultrasonic Mapping Robot
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:21:48 GMT
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Bob Highfill <highfill@accessam.net*NoMoreSpam*>
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I have developed an ultrasonic tracking system, called the UlTra System,
that tracks a lightweight, piezoelectric ultrasonic transmitter over a 100
ft x 100 ft area. I have both a 2-D and 3-D tracking version.
Unfortunately, the cost of this system is not cheap ($8,000 for the 2-D and
$12,000 for the 3-D). The system is used primarily in environmental
surveying, but could be used to track and control a robot in real time. I
mention it because of your interest in the problem.
Bob Highfill <highfill@accessam.net>
----- Original Message -----
From: Robb Greathouse <rgreathouse@interems.com>
To: 'Andy Gombos' <gombos@ne.infi.net>; <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: Ultrasonic Mapping Robot
> This month's Circuit Cellar has an article on a Robot Boat that navigates
> using digital compass and GPS to navigate through waypoints.
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> Adding an ultrasonic sensor would be an interesting setup.
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> Robb,
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Gombos [mailto:gombos@ne.infi.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 6:52 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Ultrasonic Mapping Robot
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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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| What kind of resolution does a system like that have? Bob Highfill <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:008701bfae11$98...ce@matt... (...) and (...) navigates (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| This month's Circuit Cellar has an article on a Robot Boat that navigates using digital compass and GPS to navigate through waypoints. Adding an ultrasonic sensor would be an interesting setup. Robb, -----Original Message----- From: Andy Gombos (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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