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Re: Sensor information & Extreme Creatures
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 17 Dec 1998 04:57:43 GMT
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Peter Hesketh <PBH@PHESK.DEMON.saynotospamCO.UK>
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In article <F437wI.MyC@lugnet.com>, Michael Gasperi
<lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes
> Barry Bott wrote in message <36783E8B.7C3D@virgin.net>...
> > > Michael Gasperi wrote:
> > > I plan to use two of them to build a heat seeking robot.
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> > I don't think any sensor using a thermistor will be really succesfull,
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> I agree that I'm asking a lot out of a humble thermistor. My plan is to
> have a two thermistors. One on each end of a fairly long pole mounted like
> headlights on a mobile robot. Just move slowly toward the one that has the
> warmest temp. I hoped that it could at least find close by light bulbs or
> alike.
If you mounted a fast-response thermistor behind a lens you would have a
very directional scanning heatseeker. Obviously you would need to
rotate the assembly to scan the environment, and also to remember that
the IR focus of a lens is not in the same place as the vivible focus.
--
Regards - Peter Hesketh, Mynyddbach, Mon.
Forty reasons why a dog is better than a woman: number 13
"Anyone can get a good-looking dog."
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| Barry Bott wrote in message <36783E8B.7C3D@virgin.net>... (...) I agree that I'm asking a lot out of a humble thermistor. My plan is to have a two thermistors. One on each end of a fairly long pole mounted like headlights on a mobile robot. Just (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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