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Re: building a maze
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Date: 
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:34:15 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:
Not quite so, I want it to have its own floor, because the idea is to have a
special pattern printed on it, to be used as positioning and directioning
system in cooperation with a light sesnor.

I'd suggest what we call poster board- large pieces of stiff paper
(roughly 80cm*100cm) that can be fit together with tape. If you are going
to use the floor for data (and presumably not, then, walls) it is
reasonably easy to tape them together and separate them as necessary. For
floor data, use black and white spray paint to create a dotted pattern,
which can be used to reliably get sensor data.

-Luis

I would suggest buying some 2x4s (as we call them in the U.S.) --
Yes, wooden pieces seems to be the best solution, even if I an not so inclined
towards sawing (I am mostly a software type! *s*)

Thanks.
/Vlad



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  Re: building a maze
 
(...) Oh, but I want walls too! :-) I think a good idea, and reasonably flexible too, would be to have wooden or plastic walls that are held in place with (I am not sure what it's called in English) that stuff used mostly on sport shoes instead of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) that the floor itself forms the floor of the maze and all you actually supply is the walls. Not quite so, I want it to have its own floor, because the idea is to have a special pattern printed on it, to be used as positioning and directioning (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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