Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Fiberoptics...
From: andrew.jenkins@pcohio.com (Andrew Jenkins)
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Date: Sun,  3 Apr 94 14:02:00 -0500
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< So... ZJOC01@HOU.AMOCO.COM was talking about "Fiberoptics..." to ALL  >
Z >Message-ID: <1994Apr1.144730.25024@amoco.com>
Z >Newsgroup: comp.robotics
Z >Organization: Amoco

Z >Could anyone suggest a how/why would I want some kind of fiber-optic
Z >sensors on my robot?  I can't figure out what sensing they would 
Z >provide... (and I don't want to spend the $42+s&h for the book that
Z >just mentioned to find out)

Why? So you can detect fibre-optics, of course <g>

"How" is another question.... Maybe you should ask the guys who designed 
the "make-dog-bark" circuit. They're around here somewhere, and I'm sure 
they'd LOVE to help you out with this one. <big G>

But seriously, I think you can use fiber-optics as bump-detectors 
(%transmission amplitude vs. bend-angle), for gas detection (spectral info 
from white-light source, requires mucho signal processing), and I think you 
can use fiber-optics for a ring-gyroscope (interferometric idea if I 
remember correctly) Oh well, I can't think of any others at the moment. 

I really don't want to get into the specific how. Books can do a MUCH 
better expanation of how, both for implementation AND theory.

Regards,

aj


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