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The problem with IR is that it tends to get everywhere, reflecting off of surfaces etc, so it's hard to triangulate. May I suggest a related but different approach. Make your beacons out of hybrid IR/sonar transmitters. The beacons will periodically (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am beginning to design a handyboard robot that, for starters, can navigate around a room. The idea is that it will travel to objects whose coordinates within the room are predetermined and interact with them. I plan to do this by triangulating the (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I believe that some research work in autonomous vacuum cleaners in the late 90's determined that a random walk over the course of a few hours was just as good as a methodical path. I'll see if I can dig up the reference... (...) --- Karl ___...___ (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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HI, I am currently working on a handyboard based dust buster bot(goofy, I know) and have been trying to design an algorithm where my vehicle could methodically cover all the area in a given room, starting by following along the perimeter walls and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Transmitter
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Where can I find the proper transmitter for the IR Transmission port on the Handyboard. What must the transmitter's specifications be? (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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