Thread: Wifi on Robots
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Re: Wifi on Robots

well since i don't know the answer to legality i am going to leave that one alone but the question i have is more about how this would work. The way i figure you want to use the system you would need to know the exact positioning of each wi-fi access point. I would be concerned that every event you go to would be different because it would be impossible to determine exact relative location before hand. Sure there may be a way to calibrate it but with a few access points spread throughout the event arena they might have a tendency to move (people bumping them) which would throw off your signal.

I would be very interested in seeing this work.


On a side note this would make for a fun college project, if you mapped the location of all the access points and were able to triangulate you exact position on it you could send you robot around the campus.
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