
jstarne1
USA
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Ok this is dedicated to making.a charging base for.omnibot 2000. Basically I would like ideas of how to get the robot to go charge when commanded or low battery using map , light beacon or map combination. How could this be done? Any ideas dor charging base that won't make my clean Omnibot look.like Frankenstein? Drawings are great! Thanks. I'll post ideas/ drawings too.
Ok so maybe a backlit glowing.glyph the.robot would.see in all lighting conditions? Maybe just a couple paddles spread 10th inches apart and when omnibot pressed agianst them it powers on and charges the batteries.
cant remember where i seen it but it was online and one of the cheapish 200-400 bots think it was one of them wowe bots or whatever thay called
TrueTrack Navigation System
Just a thought, you would want the bot to drive over the contacts ( maybe spring loaded ) and not bump into as in your drawing, it is possible that your bot would bounce back if bumping is hard.
I have the ROVIO and the docking system works great.
Now keep in mind there is a lot left out as far as coding goes, like you could have the bot do a left turn, forward, right turn, forward to find the beam instead of 360 degree turn etc.
When the robot senses the batteries are low it starts searching for the charger.
The most useful would be to visually recognise a 110v outlet in the wall and plug into it *eek*