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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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