For quite a few years, i've been mentioning that I have been working on a positioning system for ez-robots. I guess it's time that i share my tribulation with you, because the trails were far too many
. Should be ready to throw in the manufacturing facility for this summer's scheduled releases
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thanks D.J. how does this sensor IPS communicate between the sensor and the robot? I have not been active in the last year , but I own a first release hexapod robot and I would like to add this IPS system to it. Do I need any other hardware updates? When can we pre order this IPS system?Do you have a link to preorder? Thanks Neil
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IPS uses a camera(s) then communicates using Wifi via ARC... IPS is slated for release later this year...I can understand how the camera can detect objects like furniture, but how does it know the robots position? how could it know the difference between a moving pet or person? how does it detect the robot when it is not mobbing, or can not mobe for some reason?
The robot is marked... the camera is looking for the robot's mark in order to track it
Close, but no.
The colored tape on the robot is not the marker. The IPS sensor has two cameras. The robot has an IR transmitter with a special frequency. The IPS sensor matches the IR beacon. Then, there's a year of math that calculates and determines the direction the robot is facing. And then a bunch more that figures out how to get the robot to move to way points. and some more.. and some more..
@DJ I just re watched the video and just realized that a minute ago... I now see the ir beacon....
Yeah, the colored tape is just holding the beacon on because we don't have an ez-clip for it yet
ah, makes sense.. since my hexapod is just plain white plastic as shipped from the company, what are the marking requirerments? can the mark ve customized? since I have camera already, will this app program ve downloadable into the hexapod v4 series 1 controller? this would make a very interesting experimental movile platform. your answers also suggest that distances are not determined , but rather by the software noting the time taken to travel vetween two objects, and estimated the remaining time to another object