Sunday, March 9, 2008

[oopic] Re: New range finder needed

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, Shaggy <charrington@...> wrote:
>
>
> Much, I can visualize that pretty well. It sounds like the ideal
imager would
> be the CMUCam, or something like that, since you would want some
kind of 2D
> array like a camera. Obviously, that would have to be wi-fi or some
such,
> since the datastream would be pretty hefty. It also sounds like if I
was to
> go that route, I might as well do some image manipulation, as well.
>
> Also sounds like it might cost a bit, so it will have to wait, as
spring is
> upon me, and all my cash will go into my back yard for the next few
months,
> but at least I can start researching the hardware a bit.
>
> Thanks for the tips to all of you.

With an RF camera and a tuner for your PC, you can be in the vision
business for $100. The software you want is already written and free:
www.roborealm.com.

Since the software can find the intersection of a
vertical plane (wall) and a horizontal plane (floor) it can also
determine if there is an object sitting on the floor closer than the
wall (box on floor).

Richard



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