On 22. feb. 2007, at 10:32, Ralf Schlatterbeck wrote:
Have you looked into sensors/actuators the device comes with and what you can add? It doesn't look very hackable to me concerning the hardware but I may be wrong... I'd like to use a robot to be able to do the robotchallenge courses, so I'd need some sensors to navigate on a line and get around obstacles etc...
They say that it ships with 30 sensors, although I cannot easily find a specification detailing these. Regarding hackable hardware - this might be a valid point; the iRobot Create is "just" an automatic vacuum cleaner without a vacuum cleaner, so it's definitely not designed for expansion. Navigation on a line: They have some "cliff sensors" (IR sensors), which might be able to distinguish between light & dark floor. I'm not familiar with the rules of robotchallenge though.. If we can get our hands on a couple of those thingies, I'm certain that we'll quite soon extablish the critical know-how in the lab. ~/= Marius -- We are Elektropeople for a better living.