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Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:14:41 GMT
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> Also - I have been toying with the ideal of building a solar-powered
> robotic mower - using a weed-eater styled cutter (with blade). But how
> would I teach it the map of the lawn area. With battery and solar panel,
> it could just cut continously during the day, and of course I wouldn' have
> to mow so much..... Thoughts?
These things are commercially avaible already, my uncle has one. If I remember
correctly, it was made by Husqvarna. The major drawback is that the solar power
driven one is +/- Hfl 8000 ($4000). One with batteries is half as expensive.
Really fun to see riding around though, made me definetly want the Mindstorms.
It used a random algorithm, with detection of an area with long grass (higher
power use), then it moved in a square around that spot. Worked pretty well, my
uncle has a meter wide corridor between front and back garden and it had no
trouble with that. Border detection was done with a cable or wire of some sort
around the garden and the trees.
Sorry if this is off-topic.
Rengenier
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