Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08287
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Elmo andrewe@ilid.com.au
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:54:35 +1100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Regarding Solar heads, such as Solarbotics model, and The tildens
Remember that light (measured in Lux) will drop about a factor of four,
for every foot(?? or metre....i cant quite remember) you move away from
the source. So whilst one photopopper might "think" it is in the
brightest light pool in a given area, there may be another light pool in
a near by area that is brighter at its source but just appears less
intense due to its distance from this bot.
Elmo
Thomas Pilgaard Nielsen wrote:
>
> I am by no means an expert in electronics or BEAM robotics for that
> matter. However, your mail had me wondering.
>
> Wouldn't it be the case that for - say a photopopper - it would
> constantly evaluate the current situation regarding where to find the
> brightest source of light? So I'm having trouble seeing when a situation
> would occur where a bot - a popper or a head for that matter - would
> lock on to a source of light that was not the brightest available?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas
>
> --
> ---
> "Stjålne tusser skriver bedst."
> Yvonne Miller
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