Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: ccdjr106 on February 04, 2010, 07:35:16 PM
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hii guys i havent been on in a while but i have a few questions
first off im looking to participate in the robofest robofest.net (http://robofest.net)
i want to do the robo power game competition
sooo i was wondering if anyone has any advice for me like which kinds of sensors would work good im not asking anyone to do it for me just some advice
i also bought this thing http://www.robotshop.ca/dfrobot-2wd-mobile-platform-for-arduino-4.html?lang=en-us (http://www.robotshop.ca/dfrobot-2wd-mobile-platform-for-arduino-4.html?lang=en-us)
i want to use a arduino soo which one will be capable of doing this competition
another thing im pretty sure im going to need a motor controller for the platform that i bought which one would be the cheapest that would work
thankss
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Well, there are only three kinds of sensors to really care about for a general autonomous robot.
Infrared - Narrow beam; Can't find narrow objects very well.
Ultrasonic - Wide beam; Doesn't work well if there are several going at once.
Camera - 2D sensing instead of 1D; Most complicated to operate.
You can do a combination of them if you want. I personally would go with IR.