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  Inverting the robot position problem...
 
(...) This brings out a VERY interesting application. Most bots have trouble navigating a real maze because of obvious slippage problems and generally poor resolution of sensors. What about inverting the problem and printing (using your favorite (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Inverting the robot position problem...
 
(...) You are right about the limitations of image based maze followers, but with you don't even need to get that complicated- any bot that can follow a wall using touch sensors can do a maze reasonably well. Picture a blind man walking along a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Inverting the robot position problem...
 
(...) That was what I had intended to use -- 1/8" tape spaced at 1" centers on a white background. I was thinking black and red should be sufficiently distinguishable from each other, but that will probably take experimentation. John A. Tamplin (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Inverting the robot position problem...
 
(...) When one color tape overlaps the other color it may be possible for the sensor to miss the bottom color when it passes over the intersection. Maybe you could use a square piece of tape of a third color at the intersection? Like you said, this (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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