14-06-2006, 09:33
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,935
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Re: VEX Start Kit Projects
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Originally Posted by artdutra04
The Vex Ultrasonic Sensors are spec'ed at 3 inches to 10 feet. So in order to ensure that an object (wall) can never be closer than 3" is to place your sensor at least three inches inside your robot frame. Like this:
Voila, no more 3 inch problem!  |
Yeah - thought about that, but then you can't put anything in the space between the sensor and the wall/objects... Maybe not a big deal, depending on what the bot needs to do, whether you are rotating the sensor. Etc.
Thanks for the suggestions and the slick illustrations!
Blake
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