mgodsell1973
hello all,
once again, my brain is giving me ideas that is outside it's current capability (LOL)
I am starting research for my next project (code-name T.A.D = Totally, Awesome, Droid).
one of (the many) functions i want him to have, is the ability to return autonomously to a designated point in the house for charging when his batteries get below a certain point.
The monitoring of the battery charge is not the issue ,as i can work out the script for that (famous last words), but its the returning to the point for charging.
i was thinking along the lines of purchasing a GPS board from Adafruit, but was not sure if the reception would be strong/accurate enough to drive it to the charger.
or a flashing light in a sequance/glyph for T.A.D to "look" for?
suggestions?
I am fishing a little, with any luck it will aid with our goal :-)
maybe, paint the ceiling of every room and the hall way with an infrared reflective qr code,and program a map into the robot so, he knows where he is all the time by looking at the ceiling and flashing an infrared super bright led to see the qr code,then when you install the charging station teach him where it is
Nothing to do with your question(sorry), but have you thought of TAD meaning technologically advanced droid? Sounds cooler but your open to the choice. Your bot, your rules.
(Now back to regular programming)
I like it @Techpro, but being a fan of the TMNT and a child of the 80's I think I will stick with my choice.
Having looked into @Rich suggestion referance the roomba way of charging, I think I am going to go down that route and have T.A.D (when his battery reaches a predetermined level), go looking for an ir signal, of which there will be two ir leds positioned either side of a charging port (these will correspond with two ir receivers on T.A.D), once both ir receivers gain a signal T.A.D will reverse on to the charging port.
The rest is still to be worked out.
Suggestions/complications/improvements?
ARC has a map control. And have been thinking of extending it!
Fixed mini scripts. Choose what you need to make an auto map!
Just a sample of commands.
Movement commands.
Move forward for three seconds. Turn left or right. Stop Reverse for three seconds. Set speed.
Video commands.
Take picture or start video recording. Stop video recording.
Just some easy way to navigate. Got Idea from my parrot mini-drone software. The above does not require hardware, simple is better.
As to battery charging another thought! Use what nexus 7 (2013) has a nexus wireless charger with Qi! It's Qi part... We could try.
Just my two cents. J
Hay all,
@DJsures has advised of a product that may work for this project, its an Pololu IR beacon, (Google it, as I am not sure how to add links from my tablet yet).
But this looks ideal, just wondering if this has been used previously on an ezb project and if so how did it go? Any script?
:D
@mgodsell1973 see
synthiam.com/Community/Questions/2991
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Thanks @jdebay, to the rescue once again :-)