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Subject: 
NXT Ultrasonic sensor
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Date: 
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 01:02:18 GMT
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I haven't bought an NXT yet and I have a question about the ultrasonic sensor it
comes with.  Can I use it to take a bunch of readings and then use them assemble
up a 3D picture of what is around the sensor, kind of like how a radar works?
How long does it take to for it to sample each distance reading?

Thanks,
Ben



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  Re: NXT Ultrasonic sensor
 
(...) Well, sort of. First, what the US sensor returns is the range of the nearest sound-reflecting surface: but it's not a pencil thin laser beam of sound, so the same object might be detected at slightly different angles, making the object apeear (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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