Mapping the room

Kris Cardoen

Hi,

I have been working on a robot (propeller) with ping(with servo) detectors.

Is it possible to measure the distance from objects and by doing so constructing a map of the robot's environment?
Maybe it is too far fetched, but I will ask the question anyway :-)

If so how can this be achieved?

I have already written a java app on my laptop that communicates with the propeller chip via the easy bluetooth device.
I guess It is maybe an option to put some of the processing in the java application......


Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated

Regards,
Kris

Mike G

Is it possible to measure the distance from objects and by doing so constructing a map of the robot's environment?

Yes, it is possible and called localization. These links should give you some ideas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_mapping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping