Navigation , relationship to the robots location in a room you already have measured out for your robot. Or maybe to determine the size of a room in a proxy centimeters.
If you can get some scripting in line to record distance then reference it on a table then a robot can crudely map a room when it enters it then switch to distance for the robot check and updates aprox position in that map. Distance sensors can be utilized for motion if they are checked often enough but the robot would need to be stationary at that moment to determine the sudden change in distance readings. A distance sensor faced down can assist in determining the difference between carpet or hard wood as carpet will be closer to the sensor.
It doesn't need to be stationary for proximity to be detected, you can easily detect a big jump which would detect movement of something else.
@Fxrtst, feel free to send me over some info on this if you want to (my email is in my user details). While I can't promise anything as I am very pushed for time at the moment and under a lot of pressure as far as work goes, it's usually feast or famine, currently it's feast so if the famine comes I'd be able to jump on board. Also feel free so ask for any guidance if needed, I'm always more than happy to help when I can.
Great Rich. Film work is the same way. I get three calls in a day or none for a month. LOL. I will send you over a few pics. Any help would be appreciated.
Also because I'm in a time crunch if anyone else would like to jump on board, feel free to contact me.
I'm probably going to need all the help I can get to get this done in time for shooting the video for Kickstarter. I'll let you know. Thanks for the offer!
Navigation , relationship to the robots location in a room you already have measured out for your robot. Or maybe to determine the size of a room in a proxy centimeters.
If you can get some scripting in line to record distance then reference it on a table then a robot can crudely map a room when it enters it then switch to distance for the robot check and updates aprox position in that map. Distance sensors can be utilized for motion if they are checked often enough but the robot would need to be stationary at that moment to determine the sudden change in distance readings. A distance sensor faced down can assist in determining the difference between carpet or hard wood as carpet will be closer to the sensor.
...another great idea
It doesn't need to be stationary for proximity to be detected, you can easily detect a big jump which would detect movement of something else.
@Fxrtst, feel free to send me over some info on this if you want to (my email is in my user details). While I can't promise anything as I am very pushed for time at the moment and under a lot of pressure as far as work goes, it's usually feast or famine, currently it's feast so if the famine comes I'd be able to jump on board. Also feel free so ask for any guidance if needed, I'm always more than happy to help when I can.
Great Rich. Film work is the same way. I get three calls in a day or none for a month. LOL. I will send you over a few pics. Any help would be appreciated.
Also because I'm in a time crunch if anyone else would like to jump on board, feel free to contact me.
@fxrtst... I would love to help and although I'm decent at programming with ARC, it would be stupid to use me over Rich....
I'm probably going to need all the help I can get to get this done in time for shooting the video for Kickstarter. I'll let you know. Thanks for the offer!
Cheers and good luck...
OK Rich sent you a package of stuff.