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Make a goal by the IR port on RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 06:57:20 GMT
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h9819152 <h9819152@hkusua.ANTISPAMhku.hk>
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I am working on a robotic assignment with RCX by legOS.
It is a small RCX vehicle that move around.
I want to add a goal for this vehicle.
Say, move towards a certain direction.
However, all the 3 sensors port had been used up for some purpose.
So I am considering if I could use the IR port on the RCX to produce a goal.
???Lead the vehicle with a infra-red beam???
Sadly, I am not familar with the infra-red command in legOS.
Could anyone of you give me some guidelines or suggestion?
Thanks a lot
YY
h9819152@hkusua.hku.hk
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Make a goal by the IR port on RCX
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| (...) I have seen many others use the infrared port as a source of light which is used in conjunction with a light sensor to create a range finder, but I have never heard of anyone using the port itself as a sensor. Is there a way to read the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Make a goal by the IR port on RCX
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| (...) It may be possible to overload the sensor ports. Can you tell us what types these sensors are, and what they are used for? (...) I did it once, not with LegOS though. See (URL) for details. Sadly, that can-retrieval project is left unfinished. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Make a goal by the IR port on RCX
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| (...) If there is no way to free an input port for a light sensor you can try other ways with IR. You could use a PC to send messages to the RCX "turn left", "turn right", "slow" and so on. Now the problem is, how does your PC know which direction (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Make a goal by the IR port on RCX
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| (...) You might try this: stand two mirrors on edge at 90 deg to one another. This creates a corner reflector which will reflect light back in the direction from which it came. Have the robot first search for this reflection and then move toward the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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