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Re: Best way to detect a bot

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Originally Posted by dpeterson3 View Post
What if I used an shielded antena? What I mean is what if the antena was shielded in the direction of my own motors. Also, I could take measuements before hand and figure out what level the EM is at when all motors on the bot ar running and use the code to filter them out.
The only way I know that would shield your antenna (without interfering with its function) is to put a Faraday (sp?) cage around your motors which would affect their efficiency.

Also, Mr Freeman is correct that while you may be able to detect another robot by its EM emissions, judging its distance by field strength is probably not going to be effective/possible.
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