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New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:09:17 GMT
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Inspired by vehicles moving precisely along the roads in Miniland, I have
created this homebrew sensor, which allows a RCX robot to follow a wire track.
Since distance between sensor and wire can exceed 1 cm, the wire may even be
hidden below carpet...
See it at http://www.philohome.com/sensors/filoguide.htm
Plug in your sordering irons!!!
Philo
www.philohome.com
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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| Thats amazing! I'm impressed. When are you going to mass produce for the world market? -Rob "Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:H8B9FH.Jvq@lugnet.com... (...) track. (...) be (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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| very good application-idea Philippe, and nicely implemented ! Looking at your idea, brings me on another idea. Shouldn't it be possible to build another wire-follower, consisting of just 1 wire, fed by a DC source and a measured with a Hall-sensor? (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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| This is beautiful! I, too, have been inspired by the cars driving around Legoland (though in California and Denmark) but my solution has been to use the light sensor on a visible track. It occures to me that it would be very easy to adapt your (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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