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Re: GPS Reality?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:14:14 GMT
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <xenon@3&Spamless&dnature.com>
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Danny Staple wrote:
> Its worth pointing out that there has been recent discussions on the DPRG
> list about small scale location - a discussion which started off on GPS. I
> think it has now progressed to a system combining three sonar beacons,
> which are broadcast a radio ping, and then transmit each of their signals.
> The bot controller than uses the time difference between the request radio
> ping, and the sonar reply to work out its position.
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> Location on a small scale looks to be a fairly awkward problem...
Is anyone familiar with the old Nintendo PowerGlove hardware? It did crude 3D
triangulation based on a pair of pulsed ultrasonic emitters and a triad of receivers in a
known (fixed) configuration.
I have a couple of PowerGloves, but never came up with a decent controller. There was a
design called the PGSI that had a microcontroller and could stream coordinates to a serial
port.
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson | Xenon @ 3D Nature | http://www.3DNature.com/
"I set the wheels in motion, turn up all the machines, activate the programs,
and run behind the scenes. I set the clouds in motion, turn up light and sound,
activate the window, and watch the world go 'round." -Prime Mover, Rush.
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| (...) I'll have to look, I think someone developed one way back then.. however.. there is always the $15-$30 P5 USB Glove which is pretty nice... (URL) guys might be able to help with that Seiral interface (URL) a Google or other search.. the data (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Its worth pointing out that there has been recent discussions on the DPRG list about small scale location - a discussion which started off on GPS. I think it has now progressed to a system combining three sonar beacons, which are broadcast a radio (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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