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2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« on: May 13, 2008, 04:51:24 AM »
A video of it breaking the record:
[youtube]OQORUyFZNek[/youtube]

They then mounted a camera on it for a 'robot eye' view:
[youtube]lm7wJM0wMe8[/youtube]

A higher res video can be found here:
http://www.syntap.net/mobot/mobotpov.wmv

This robot used an array of infrared emitter/detectors to follow the line . . .

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Re: 2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 11:21:26 AM »
smart. congratulation!  :o

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Re: 2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 12:19:31 PM »
i don't get how they do the decision points. but thats amazing.

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Re: 2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 12:38:40 PM »
To do the decision points, you have your sensors detect more than one line.

Then you preprogram into the robot which way to go when it sees a split.

It basically counts each split detected.

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Re: 2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 02:59:21 PM »
do you know ahead of time where the gates are going to be?

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Re: 2008 MOBOT record breaking robot videos
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 03:10:19 PM »
Yeap, they tell you like 2 days before the competition.