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Re: Positioning with the RCX - a pragmatic approach
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 21:45:12 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Bernd Frassek writes:
THE QUESTION ...

... how to determine and measure a position in a room?

I have seen a nonlego robot called Cye. He is controlled by a human on a
computer. As you move him about a room, he uses a computer program and a
bump sensor to make a 'map' of the room. After the map is made, a homebase
can be set up, and different locations can be programmed, and with a single
click, Cye will drive to them. Somehow, this might be able to be adapted to
Lego Mindstorms. His website is http://www.personalrobots.com  Tell me how
any progress goes with this.

Hope this helps.
Greg Ericksen



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  Re: Positioning with the RCX - a pragmatic approach
 
I have daydreamed about the concept of 'mapping' a room using the datalog. The general idea would be to use the rotation sensor to measure out a room in 20 X 20 cm sections and log a 'zero' for clear sections and a 'one' for obsructed sections. I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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  Positioning with the RCX - a pragmatic approach
 
THE QUESTION ... ... how to determine and measure a position in a room? This question was raised several times in LUGNET (e.g. Kris Zabriskie) and caused some discussions. As it has been stated, this simple sounding task is not at all trivial and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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