The robot is going to be equipped with a small monochrome camera and relaying the video back to a computer. So its position does not need to be 100% accurate as that information is not critical to its navigation. It will also be equipped with infra-red proximity sensors so it does not bump...
Well, the robot is going to be controlled by RF signals anyway, wouldn't hurt to give the propagation delay idea a shot.
But if that doesn't work what about this idea? Mount a digital compass on the robot to get the direction its facing and use an odometer or infra-red (or something) to get...
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with a problem. I would like to know how far away a robot is from a certain stationary location, specifically my computer. I would like to do this through walls, so that rules out any line-of-sight methods. What would be a relatively cheap (sub-$100)...
