IDEA iwas talking about was using only sensors and compass to navigate from room to room RICH ,THAT WAS MY IDEA FROM THE START

You said you where searching the internet for GLYPHS AND I LOOK AT THE VIDEO YOU FOUND

I was actrually searching for info on glyphs and come across this topic

And more to the point, this video;

Here we go again... sleep I give up, I really do. I'm out for the night.

I am not arguing ,just defending my self ,like you said you will in your project heriod

back to automatic charging design witch this post is about

I DESIGN a board the charges a gell cell battery and will be posting the circuit it is fairly big design,mbut can charge any size and voltage and any rate second it has a charge light and trickle charge and light

I am looking to sell it very soon,since i have others in my few robot clubs who want one too first i guess will post the schematic i made and pcb layout in .pcb format

Sorry Steve_C...Guess I should read my own thread a little more carefully....I did not remember that you mentioned the North Star System back on post #21...my bad.

I did find out Evolution Robotics was who originally made it but they were bought out by iRobot. The NorthStar Navigation Cube is available on the iRobot site
NorthStar Cube

Anyway, I am still leaning towards using IR Beacons but, will use any method that works. As long as it doesn't cost a fortune or make the wife mad. As long as it gets the job done. From what I am seeing, Room Localization is a tremendous hurdle for many. I have explored quite a few web sites and forums on this quest and I must say it makes me want to solve this all the much more.

I am currently looking at a web site I'm sure many of you have been to before:

Rentron.com

This site has some of the best IR and RF remote control items that I have ever seen. I am still digesting the info and will get back to you all with whatever I find.

Rich...Yes I agree; we need to consolidate all the ideas again in one post..I'll try and find time. Hopefully I won't miss any.

Got a lot of personal crap going on that keeps me from participating as much as I would like.

YES needs to stop ,i agree too ,i try with with RICHA commented on many of his ideas,some i had of my own

Back to the post on the rentron site you posted there is a lot of circuits and ideas plus a just got a order from them a day ago,for my IR transmitter for EZB

ON rentron they have good high power IR'S

ON the northstar cube its little like the northstar system that goes for alot more money BUT it came from the MINT comkpany when they bought the company

SO many tried to hack the MINT 4200 ,but still so far it cant be done and IROBOT will not give the schematic on it

There 2 designs of the northstar system ,i,i had the other company as a link and will look for it

sorry wrong link from what i remember about its like the cube only it projects 6 beams and has a usb input