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Message #04351



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Ben Hitchcock" beh01@uow.edu.au
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 22:14:12 +0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: InfaRed


Check out

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/e-spider_IRbumper.html

It's a bit complicated, but Steven rarely makes things more complicated than
they need to be, so I guess it needs to be that complex. You could try
making it a bit simpler, or if you have an old VCR handy you could use the
IR module in that (like I did!)


Ben
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>From: SG
>To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>Subject: [alt-beam] InfaRed
>Date: Tue, Jun 8, 1999, 0:53
>

>Howdee Y'all
>quick question...
>havn't seen much on InfaRed... any body using this as a collision
>detector, or is the feelers the only way to go?
>If IR has been tried, i'd like to hear some exp. on how to adjust distance
>and such, like, for example; make sure it dosn't try to avoid the wall
>that is still 6 feet away, (the size of kitchen and the only uncarpeted
>floor i have!)
>laterz and thanx!
>
>-Sparky
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