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Originally Posted by teslalab2
lol put a spinning radar satellite on your robot...  |
There are sub-$100 LIDAR units like the LIDARLite which if put on a servo can scan the field at every 2 degree increment in about 2-3 seconds. Advantage is they are very fast, and can range up to 40 meters w/an accuracy of +/1 one inch. Unfortunately, the side panels of the FRC field are polycarbonate and most of the IR passes through, so getting a return on significant portions of the field is problematic. If the side-walls of a FRC field were IR opaque, this could potentially yield enough data to triangulate with, assuming the software were to know the field dimensions.