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RE: navigation with compass
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:31:39 GMT
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Kirk Davis <kbd@ndx.%stopspam%net>
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Here's some info on a compass sensor from Dinsmore Instrument Company
for about 12 bucks. FYI
http://dinsmoregroup.com/dico/
> > > Having said that at some stage I'm going to hook a compass up to my RCX,
> > > because I can't think of any other way of building a robot which can
> > > navigate it's domain.
> >
> > Actually there is a working LEGO compass, put probably not large and
> > reliable enough to be read by a sensor.
> >
> > Eric Brok
>
> Light sensor with a magnifier? :-)
>
> I tried using the differential gear to "remember" the initial
> heading of my
> robot, and painfully discovered that the result would drift off
> after many
> turns. Now I think compass is the way to go. (I wonder how Simen
> solves the
> drifting problem in his Vector Rover.)
>
> The type that comes with a ball suspended in liquid may be a
> better choice
> because you don't have to level it too carefully.
>
> Hao-yang Wang
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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