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[DPRG] robot practice
Subject: [DPRG] robot practice
From: Chris Jang
cjang at ix.netcom.com
Date: Mon Oct 16 02:27:31 CDT 2006
Hello Everyone,
> I've talked to the Fair grounds security officiers and told
> them what we are doing and I also demo'd jBot for them (they
> loved it), and they said "no problem."
Thanks David for clearing this with security. It is very considerate, both
of you and them. I have sometimes been nervous operating a robot in public
areas even though police have always left me alone.
> The club tankbot also has a special requirement that it
> needs to run or concrete or gravel, but not grass, at least
> not yet. I think there are several places in Fairpark that
> will work fine for that.
The club tankbot uses a 1 GHz VIA C3 based mini-ITX mainboard, correct?
That gives it sufficient performance for significant real-time signal
processing of sensor data from SONAR or cameras. When I saw the tankbot a
few months ago, I didn't fully realize what could be done with the onboard
computer it has.
> Also, if we can entice Chris Jang to bring his robot, there
> are several places, long sidewalks bordered by grass, that
> should work well with his vision-based navigation.
I'll try. Development on my side has been in a computer vision template
library for the last month or two. I don't know if I can get this together
with the control system for the robot in time. I have some more questions
for the group but will continue them in a separate thread.
Chris
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