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Re: FIRST Robotics for the Blind?
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Originally Posted by petek
I should have known that 237 would have done something like this! Do you have any more info on I.D.A.N.? It sounds like a workable solution to the problem of getting robot heading and location feedback to the driver. I was thinking along the same lines, or of a braille-type indicator (imagine a braille compass). Did you do any testing with this system or with the zone sensors?
I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I know that we did extensive testing of this experimental system @ the NYC Regional, and @ Nationals in Florida.

I know that our current lead electrical mentor has the folder packed with all the information about the system and he took it because we were cleaning the robotics closet and it was going to get thrown away, but I saved it for him.

I'll either have to see if he can scan in all the info, or pass it off to me to scan it in and share with the FIRST community who would be interested in possibly taking it a step further.

All I remember is that it used a small Honeywell digital compass I believe.
And we used the banner sensors to locate the lines on the field for further positioning accuracy.
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