jstarne1
USA
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Resolved by Rich!
Hello I have some neat ideas for navigation involving QR codes on the ceiling. This ofcourse involves cameras pointed strait up. I believe I may need to fashion a zoom lense on the camera as well. So anyways here are the main questions. I have not tested these yet so I thought I would ask real quick before investing time into testing everything.
How far away can the v3 camera read a QR code
Can QR codes be placed close together
Can ARC read the QR code in any direction.
I appreciate the responses and as long as the codes can be read in any orientation I believe everyone will like what is next.
In a thread about a month ago, DJ mentioned an upcoming feature of having a camera in the room detect the robot (I think he said it would involve an IR LED beacon on the robot), versus the robot detecting the room.
I could see the cost adding up pretty quick with that kind of solution, but it is elegant.
Alan
Hello all , so I will experiment with different size QR codes. I have about 8 ft tall ceilings and my robot is 3-4 ft tall so it must read them from about 5 ft away. I'm considering putting a blinder around the lense to give it tunnel vision unless I can artificially adjust that with the grid lines in the camera control. I will definitely consider a IR illuminator pointed straight up. Both beer butler and Jarvis could use the codes. I will draw out my apt layout and furniture the robot needs to navigate around. The northstar beacon is cool my only concern is I would need one for every room and then still need a seperate way to identify that room as well. The double triangulation appears is would have some serious math equations built in to calculate where it is and what orientation.
Right now the QR codes and a compass for reading direction sounds the simplest. In any case the home base / charging stations will be used and they have IR beacons. Beer butler has one made by kronor that works great and maybe I could manually make a dock like that for Jarvis.