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Hi

I have a project that I'm doing now. I want to build a robot (on wheel) that would cover a predetermind floor area. But knowing that my robot might be a bit off. Lets say I make my robot do 5 circles in a row, I doubt it will come back exactly the same spot. I thought of putting some small frequeny (radio emitter) on the walls so that the robot can triangulate itself. The robot will be supporting a laptop for processing. any better idea, or maybe my idea would not work for some reason I did not think.

thanks

Ken

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lerameur
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Why dont you use some free running encoder wheels that are in contact with the ground? The drive wheels produce slip, so you cant use the encoder information from these motors. If the ground drives the encoder wheels then slip is/should be minimal.

Maybe for some reference look for the robots used at Robocup

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There is a league called 'Mid size league' where robots use different kind of positioning systems.

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