Boe-Bot Add On Sensors
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I've got my Boe-Bot, with the Bluetooth eb500 transceiver, running on remote
control, from a windows application on my computer. Now I would like to get
feedback from the Boe-Bot so that the computer can 'see' where the Boe-Bot is
going, and automatically control the Boe-Bot. (As you probably figured out, I've
been reading a lot of the press releases about the Mars Rover.)
My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the Parallax
web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder, SSIR Detector,
Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor). Where should I start?
Thanks for your help!
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control, from a windows application on my computer. Now I would like to get
feedback from the Boe-Bot so that the computer can 'see' where the Boe-Bot is
going, and automatically control the Boe-Bot. (As you probably figured out, I've
been reading a lot of the press releases about the Mars Rover.)
My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the Parallax
web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder, SSIR Detector,
Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor). Where should I start?
Thanks for your help!
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s.nelick@v... writes:
> My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the
> Parallax web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder, SSIR
> Detector, Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor). Where
should
> I start?
>
Look at the sensors for the Boe-Bot that are descrobed in the Robotics manual
that cme with the BoeBot. If you are going to feedback to the PC, then you
will have to serout the IR info. You can use the SRF04 sonic range finder - I
have one attached to my BoeBot. I also mounted a slave BS2 on an AppMod board
and plugged that into the Stamp BOE, so the slave could report back to the
master when sensing something.
Sid
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> I've got my Boe-Bot, with the Bluetooth eb500 transceiver, running on
>remote control, from a windows application on my computer. Now I would
>like to get feedback from the Boe-Bot so that the computer can 'see'
>where the Boe-Bot is going, and automatically control the Boe-Bot. (As
>you probably figured out, I've been reading a lot of the press releases
>about the Mars Rover.)
we've already done this using serial and the existing sensor on our
sumobot under linux. it's been a fun learning experience.
>
> My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the
>Parallax web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder,
>SSIR Detector, Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor).
>Where should I start?
My next project will include the Ultrasonic Range Finder. That seems like
fun.
Also the TAOS Color Sensor is good for navigation - i.e. your bot can
follow color coded lines.
If you really want to go wacky investigate GPS - I don't know if GPS is a
good idea - how accurate is it anyway - but the biggest problems with
sensors is making sense of the data you get back. And GPS is only
accurate at best to 1 meter - at worst 5.8. I suspect a bot for
navigation would need accurracy down to the foot for some needs.
have fun
joe
Thanks for the suggestion on the Parallax SRF04 Ultrasonic Range Finder!
I just printed out the pdf for the SRF04, and I'm going to study it now. I
see the SRF04 was back-ordered until 1/26, it must be a 'hot' item'.
Steve
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Boe-Bot Add On Sensors
> In a message dated 1/25/2004 5:37:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> s.nelick@v... writes:
>
>
> > My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the
> > Parallax web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder,
SSIR
> > Detector, Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor).
Where should
> > I start?
> >
>
> Look at the sensors for the Boe-Bot that are descrobed in the Robotics
manual
> that cme with the BoeBot. If you are going to feedback to the PC, then
you
> will have to serout the IR info. You can use the SRF04 sonic range
finder - I
> have one attached to my BoeBot. I also mounted a slave BS2 on an AppMod
board
> and plugged that into the Stamp BOE, so the slave could report back to the
> master when sensing something.
>
> Sid
>
>
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Did you get Bluetooth to work on Linux? How did you do that? I went to the
BlueZ Linux web site, and I tried to follow the instructions for installing
Bluetooth on Linux, but I didn't get it to work, so I went back to Windows.
Steve
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From: "Joe Baptista" <baptista@d...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Boe-Bot Add On Sensors
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Steve Nelick wrote:
>
> > I've got my Boe-Bot, with the Bluetooth eb500 transceiver, running on
> >remote control, from a windows application on my computer. Now I would
> >like to get feedback from the Boe-Bot so that the computer can 'see'
> >where the Boe-Bot is going, and automatically control the Boe-Bot. (As
> >you probably figured out, I've been reading a lot of the press releases
> >about the Mars Rover.)
>
> we've already done this using serial and the existing sensor on our
> sumobot under linux. it's been a fun learning experience.
>
> >
> > My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the
> >Parallax web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder,
> >SSIR Detector, Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor).
> >Where should I start?
>
> My next project will include the Ultrasonic Range Finder. That seems like
> fun.
>
> Also the TAOS Color Sensor is good for navigation - i.e. your bot can
> follow color coded lines.
>
> If you really want to go wacky investigate GPS - I don't know if GPS is a
> good idea - how accurate is it anyway - but the biggest problems with
> sensors is making sense of the data you get back. And GPS is only
> accurate at best to 1 meter - at worst 5.8. I suspect a bot for
> navigation would need accurracy down to the foot for some needs.
>
> have fun
> joe
>
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> Hello Joe,
>
> Did you get Bluetooth to work on Linux? How did you do that? I went to the
> BlueZ Linux web site, and I tried to follow the instructions for installing
> Bluetooth on Linux, but I didn't get it to work, so I went back to Windows.
Sorry - no it's a serial cable not bluetooth. sorry to give that
impression.
cheers
joe
>
> Steve
>
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> From: "Joe Baptista" <baptista@d...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Boe-Bot Add On Sensors
>
>
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Steve Nelick wrote:
> >
> > > I've got my Boe-Bot, with the Bluetooth eb500 transceiver, running on
> > >remote control, from a windows application on my computer. Now I would
> > >like to get feedback from the Boe-Bot so that the computer can 'see'
> > >where the Boe-Bot is going, and automatically control the Boe-Bot. (As
> > >you probably figured out, I've been reading a lot of the press releases
> > >about the Mars Rover.)
> >
> > we've already done this using serial and the existing sensor on our
> > sumobot under linux. it's been a fun learning experience.
> >
> > >
> > > My question is: what should I buy for an add-on to the Boe-Bot? On the
> > >Parallax web site I see lots of possibilities ( Ultrasonic Range Finder,
> > >SSIR Detector, Gazbot Infrared Detector, CMUcam, and TAOS Color Sensor).
> > >Where should I start?
> >
> > My next project will include the Ultrasonic Range Finder. That seems like
> > fun.
> >
> > Also the TAOS Color Sensor is good for navigation - i.e. your bot can
> > follow color coded lines.
> >
> > If you really want to go wacky investigate GPS - I don't know if GPS is a
> > good idea - how accurate is it anyway - but the biggest problems with
> > sensors is making sense of the data you get back. And GPS is only
> > accurate at best to 1 meter - at worst 5.8. I suspect a bot for
> > navigation would need accurracy down to the foot for some needs.
> >
> > have fun
> > joe
> >
> >
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