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- From: millerm@skie.ECE.ORST.EDU (Mike Miller)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Robot vision
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- Date: 18 Dec 92 01:32:09 GMT
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- In article <Bz40Dw.A5r@andy.bgsu.edu> rlee@bgsu.edu (Bob Lee) writes:
- > The snag I've run into so far is that I need to find a cost-effective
- way
- > to give my robot limited vision. I need it to do a 360 degree scan of
- its
- > environment, read the sensor at set intervals, send it to and A/D
- converter,
- > store the values in a RAM memory, then analyze the values to get a rough
- > picture of its environment. Basically, the final result needs to be an
- > array of values that reflect the surrounding area where the value will
- > give the computer an idea to determine where objects in the room begin
-
- For extreamly limited 360 degree vision you might want to consider sonar.
- It sound wacky but get an autofocus camera, remove the autofocus part and
- then set on top of your 'bot and spin it on a stepper moter (or something)
- and then you can generate a map of the room from the 'bot's perspective.
- Good luck with you project... ;-)
-
- Mike Miller millerm@skie.ece.orst.edu
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