FIRST Robotics for the Blind?

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

One of the things on my To Do list has been to create a coordinate system for our '06 bot. Basically, set up a cartesian grid and be able to tell a robot what coordinates to go to. Maybe I can also add in the feature of audio feedback, where it would say what position it's currently at, and audio input, where you would verbally say where you want it to go and it would go there and report when there. I'd be more than willing to help out with a project like this, so if you need any programmers gimme a call =)

Didn't Wildstang use a coordinate-based system for their autonomous back in 2003?

I don't recall them having any kind of audio feedback, but I do remember a Windows interface where you could click and set waypoints for the robot to go to. It shouldn't be too difficult to adapt their system to give audio cues as feedback, or to eliminate the Windows interface.

And even though we never got it working during the season, the CMU Cam could be useful here to help the robot figure out where it is on the field...