
Dunning-Kruger
Canada
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Just stumbled across this Indoor navigation Kit at RobotShop Canada...
Just stumbled across this Indoor navigation Kit at RobotShop Canada...
Have you looked at it and the software to see if it may work with the EZB? You know my software skills are null so I have no idea if it is a good thing.
I was hoping for something which used the Lidar sensor instead of ultra sonic, but what is your opinion of this unit?
Ron R
Ron R
Interesting product but I can't promise that it would for sure work with ARC or not.
Ron R
I am working on this issue right now as a part of my Rafiki project. The concept is to have these capabilities plus a lot more without having an electronics device being placed on a wall.
A Rafiki pod has a great microphone (picks up clearly at up to 25 feet), a speaker, camera, neopixel ring and a low cost single board computer with wifi. This device can connect to other pods and robots to share information. Because it has a camera, it can not only tell where the robot is, but also tell where you are in the house. This allows you to say something like Rafiki, come here, and the robot would know where 'here' is. The speaker in the pod allows Rafiki to talk to the person and the person to talk to the robot even when in completely different parts of a building. Also, because it is wifi, the pod can connect to the internet to get information from services on the internet, or play your favorite playlist in the room or entire house. It also allows people in a house to communicate with each other through an intercom type system or connect to z-wave devices to unlock doors, dim lights, control thermostats or any number of other things.
This is one part of Rafiki that allows it to be a whole house solution to robotics. The picture is of a built prototype. Programming of it has already started. I anticipate that a majority of the programming of this device will be completed in about 2 months. I will post videos when this part of Rafiki is complete.