036 New Concept for Position Tracking

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13 күн бұрын

Localization is difficult, especially when using simple sensors, in this video we will discuss a new concept that combines using: PICO W, Wheel encoders, Photo reflective sensors, Hall effect sensors, and some creative markings to achieve better localization.
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Some of the technologies explored in this experiment include, but is certainly not limited to:
[*] Autonomous Robotics
[*] Photo reflective sensors
[*] Time of flight sensors
[*] Hall effect sensors
[*] Rotary encoders
[*] Odometry
[*] Line following
[*] Color recognition and detection sensor
[*] Automatic route planning
[*] Localization
[*] Robotic cars
[*] Dead Reckoning
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@oraflores 11 күн бұрын

I look forward to hours of content of you cutting and sanding tape! :-) I appreciate your effort in turning this project around. It must have been immensely satisfying to engineer a better solution.

@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut 11 күн бұрын

LOL!!!! Thanks buddy!!! I certainly won't be filming that portion of the project. I am glad you are enjoying the videos, it certainly helps keep me motivated. As for immensely satisfying... let's wait to see if the solution I am working on will work:-) The past few days have been pretty productive with regard to this new concept. What I see as a good sign you are on the right track is when you add a small feature to the system and it behaves as expected and there are not those "What the hell is causing that now?" events. Today will be a lot of testing to find the gremlins I know are hiding in there. Cheers and thanks for being a part of the ZoomTown Experiment! Chris

@SteveWoodgate 11 күн бұрын

You are probably too far down the road to change things, but did you consider using the Tiny Code Reader from Useful Sensors and a small QR code to provide the Zoomie with the absolute distance position via the QR Code data.

@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut 11 күн бұрын

Good morning Steve, WOW, that is a neat little sensor and I never heard of it before and frankly, I probably never would have given it a thought for our application (sometimes I can't see beyond the marketing). I love your idea of using that for absolute position feedback data. The price is not too bad and the potential for what I could do with that is remarkable. There are some concerns I have such as time to process and respond and if it can read the barcode reliably while moving. I know I will be placing an order with Adafruit soon for some other items and I am going to pick up a couple of these to experiment with - there is so much potential in what I could do with that thing!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH for bringing that to my attention. Cheers! Chris

@SteveWoodgate 10 күн бұрын

@@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut Hi Chris, my other thought is to repurpose the circuit board of a cheap PS/2 mouse and use it for position sensing. There are a few libraries around you could use.

@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut 10 күн бұрын

@@SteveWoodgate Hi Steve, another good idea, but might be a bit tough finding 16 working ones 🙂 BTW I mentioned your idea in the next video and I got a couple sensors on order. I am fascinated with that concept! Cheers Chris