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RE: Ant pheromones
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Mon, 1 Jul 2002 20:56:12 GMT
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Original-From:
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Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@greenfieldgroup[Spamless].com>
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When I was younger, my grandmother worked for a newspaper and would bring home
leftover rolls of paper. Usually, the rolls were several feet wide and had
10-20 feet of paper left on them and they were free.
Look up plotter paper suppliers and companies that create posters/billboards.
Plotters can require paper that is over 4 feet wide. Here are two results from
Google:
http://www.onpapersupplies.com/plotter_paper.htm
http://www.militaryposterpaper.com/
Electrical tape is available in several different colors. Another type of tape
that could fit the bill would be pinstriping tape (available at automotive
stores), which not only comes in various colors, but also various widths, and
pre-made curves.
Hope this helps,
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hassenplug [mailto:hassenplug@mail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:14 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Ant pheromones
Another idea would be to get a big piece of dry erase (white board).
I got a 4x8 ft piece from Home Depot for about $10.
Then, your ant could draw all over the 'floor'. You could put a black 'wall'
around the edge, to keep your robot inside.
This also works well for as line following course (with electrical tape) or a
test sumo ring.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jonathan Spitz)
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:57:54 GMT
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Ant pheromones
> As I wrote in my last mail I'm planing to build a system for robots guidance
> and communication similar to ants. I can't get a big enough paper and I
> can't paint my floor so anyone has an idea of how to 'draw' a path without
> damaging my floor. The idea of using lego pieces is good but the robot could
> accidentaly move them and miss the path.
> Best wishes,
> Jonathan
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