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Re: A robot who knows his position (fwd)
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:04:29 GMT
Original-From: 
Alan G. Smith <innovate@innovatus.com#StopSpam#>
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For people that don't mind non-lego solutions, how about the
Dinsmore compass: http://dinsmoregroup.com/dico/

I haven't personally used one yet, but it seems like with a bit of
processing, you could get it to return a value like a light sensor.

Also, the price is pretty good for the compass sensor.

If anyone figures it out and makes a PCB, I could probably be talked
into buying one of the blanks from you.

--Alan

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| Alan G. Smith
| ags@poboxes.com
| http://www.innovatus.com/ags

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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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(...) around (...) disk (...) for (...) Well, I was just going to place the light sensor statically relative to the case of the compass, and overhead. It would simple note whenever the head of the arrow went past. This is pretty useless, which is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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