Newsgroups: comp.robotics
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From: rlee@bgsu.edu (Bob Lee)
Subject: Need some direction
Message-ID: <By1E69.D52@andy.bgsu.edu>
Sender: rlee@andy.bgsu.edu (Bob Lee)
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:51:44 GMT
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OK guys! I've got an idea for a project.

I'm going to tear apart my old Big Trak (remember that old toy) and turn
it into a rover vehicle that will search out and find a particular object,
find being that it will park next to it and then terminate all activity
until told otherwise.

Does anyone know offhand where one could find the internal specs of a Big
Trak? How about the sensors? I figure I could use bumping sensors to tell
it where obstacles are. But what's the best type of sensoring method to
use that will tell an onboard computer when it finds the object it's
looking for? I haven't decided on an object yet, so that's still up in the
air.

If these questions are answered in the faq I apologize, I haven't had time
to go thru it yet.

Thanks!

-BOB

