Thread: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
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Unread 30-03-2010, 22:15
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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
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Originally Posted by theprgramerdude View Post
Personally, I was thinking more along the lines or using two accelerometers mounted on opposing sides of the robot to measure motion and turn, as well as two front facing camera's for depth perception and (maybe) object recognition.

IMHO, we would need more processing power to develop complex strategy's that a human could think up, which is why I'm trying to figure out if <R50> means we can't use a DC-DC converter (I thought there was one powering the Crio) to power a mini-PC attached to the robot for image analysis.

Edit: something along the lines of this: http://www.mini-box.com/M4-ATX?sc=8&category=981

<R50> Custom circuits shall NOT directly alter the power pathways between the battery, Power Distribution Board, speed controllers, relays, motors, or other elements of the robot control system (including the power pathways to other sensors or circuits). Custom high impedance voltage monitoring or low impedance current monitoring circuitry connected to the ROBOT’S electrical system is acceptable, because the effect on the ROBOT outputs should be inconsequential.
I was thinking of forgetting the cRio as of now and using a custom made microprocessor board, since its just experimental small prototypes
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