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DanowDanow Posts: 10
edited 2011-05-07 12:31 in Robotics
Can a boe-bot send a signals to my computer. On where it is at in the house? With the software it came with?
like gps.

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  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-05-05 15:55
    Welcome, Danow!

    In answer to your question: Maybe?
    There are a number of RS232-to-"wireless" technologies whereby you could likely use DEBUG and the programming port to "send signals to [your] computer." Getting it to the computer, regardless of where they are in the house, may prove a challenge.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2011-05-05 16:10
    The other thing that will be hard is for your BoeBot to figure out where it is. There are all sorts of sensors that you can add that will help like wheel encoders, maybe a compass, maybe a PING distance sensor. You can also add an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Every bit of position information helps. None of this works with the existing BoeBot software. All of these sensors do come with examples that you can use to write your own BoeBot software or modify existing programs. "Roaming with the BoeBot Robot" is one program that uses a PING to detect obstacles so the BoeBot can wander around a room or rooms in a house.
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-05-06 17:53
    Mike Green,
    Would the new FlashFly cum Blue Wolf combination meet the bill?

    I know it's difficult to say absolutely, but does the FlashFly combo have sufficient power?
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2011-05-07 12:31
    The FlashFly / Blue Wolf combination would certainly provide a wireless link. Danow would still have to write / modify programs to figure out (approximately) where they're at and communicate that to a base station (PC).
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