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    Re: building a maze —Richard Sutherland
    Your challenge inspired me to give it a try. I decided to make an actual moving robot that would navigate the full 8x8 maze. I constructed a section of the maze and went to work. I hope to have pictures soon, but here is a little information. Not (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: building a maze —Paul Speed
   Interesting, About your positioning problem... perhaps you can mark down the center of the "hallways" with a different color than is used for the walls. This way you can use standard line following methods to keep your 'bot centered within the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: building a maze —Richard Sutherland
    That's a great idea. As it is, the light sensor 'arm' is in the forward position during travel, so I could use it to track a line down the center of the squares. I suppose I could put a colored dot on the line where the light sensor ends up if the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: building a maze —Vlad Dumitrescu
   (...) I tried using different colors, but it is difficult to make it work because of the limited range values of the light sensor. I got plenty of false readings, and I would like to be able to sense what is to be sensed without stopping... It (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: building a maze —Vlad Dumitrescu
   How about moving the discussion to the LegoRobotics Wiki? There are both advantages and disadvantages... Anyway, there's a page there now... (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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