Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01974
To: beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 17:32:52 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Sensor Idea
I was going to try that, but none of my designs were reasonably complex
enough to make any good use for it. I'd still like to try though!
Evan Dudzik wrote:
>
> A hypothetical question: Does a real ant have separate sets of
> feelers for edge detection, wall feeling at different heights, etc? No,
> they move their feelers around. (need i say more? I guess I will :-)
> All someone would have to do is have an optosensor disc on the motor
> shaft so the circuit could tell whether the sensor was SUPPOSED to be
> closed (edge detection, down position) or OPEN (wall sensor, up
> position) Only practical for larger bots, due to the motors or whatever
> for moving the feelers around, but if they were moved erratically
> enough, they could be scarily lifelike...
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