Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01401
To: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com,
From: dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:07:46 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Sensors
You know, on one of my Small Bicore Heads I use a Magnetic reedswitch to
turn the bot on.
Dennison
>>I already saw some "contact" sensors...
>>is there any other kind of sensors?
>Tons....
>IR object detection
>Heat sensors
>Sonar object detection
>Light sensors
>Vision systems (used to detect objects and color)
>Hall effect sensors (magnetic)
>Magnetic reed switches
>Any many more......
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>>I know some of the electronic ones...
>>but, any ideas for mechanical ones?
>Like for doing what? As you said above, contact (tactile) sensors are a
>good example. I guess you could say magnetic reed switches are mechanical
>sensors.
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