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Laser based obstacle detector for autonomous RC car

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  • A Antony M Kancidrowski

    Cool!! BTW, Did you or have you seen the "Grown Up Version" where they use full sized cars with the same type of robotics? There is a race across a fairly harduous terrain. Very clever stuff either on minature or full sized. :)

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    Ashish Derhgawen
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    That sounds cool. Well, I've never tried/seen anything like that. I've only heard about it. :)

    Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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    • A Ashish Derhgawen

      Hey folks! I made a computer controlled RC car a few days ago. Now, I've built a laser pointer + webcam range sensor as an obstacle detector for my car. People normally use IR or ultrasonic obstacle detectors in robotics..but I decided to use my weird obstacle detector with the RC car to turn it into an autonomous vehicle! I've mounted the obstacle detection thing on the car. The computer uses it to sense how far obstacles are.. if they're far enough..it moves the car forward..otherwise, it stops the car and turns it until it finds a place with no obstacles in close range. Check it out on my blog: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/02/autonomous-rc-car-with-laser-based.html[^] Hope you like it! Ashish :)

      Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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      David Crow
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      You are very talented. Keep up the good work.


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        You are very talented. Keep up the good work.


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        Ashish Derhgawen
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        Thanks. :->

        Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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        • A Ashish Derhgawen

          Hey folks! I made a computer controlled RC car a few days ago. Now, I've built a laser pointer + webcam range sensor as an obstacle detector for my car. People normally use IR or ultrasonic obstacle detectors in robotics..but I decided to use my weird obstacle detector with the RC car to turn it into an autonomous vehicle! I've mounted the obstacle detection thing on the car. The computer uses it to sense how far obstacles are.. if they're far enough..it moves the car forward..otherwise, it stops the car and turns it until it finds a place with no obstacles in close range. Check it out on my blog: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/02/autonomous-rc-car-with-laser-based.html[^] Hope you like it! Ashish :)

          Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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          Cool stuff as always Ashish, I particularly like the use of clothes pin! :) I was a mad scientist like you when I was your age but the stuff we had to play with was way less interesting than it is now.

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            Hey folks! I made a computer controlled RC car a few days ago. Now, I've built a laser pointer + webcam range sensor as an obstacle detector for my car. People normally use IR or ultrasonic obstacle detectors in robotics..but I decided to use my weird obstacle detector with the RC car to turn it into an autonomous vehicle! I've mounted the obstacle detection thing on the car. The computer uses it to sense how far obstacles are.. if they're far enough..it moves the car forward..otherwise, it stops the car and turns it until it finds a place with no obstacles in close range. Check it out on my blog: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/02/autonomous-rc-car-with-laser-based.html[^] Hope you like it! Ashish :)

            Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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            Todd Smith
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            Ya but can it vaccum my floors? cool project

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            • T Todd Smith

              Ya but can it vaccum my floors? cool project

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              Get a wife for that. :-D


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                Cool stuff as always Ashish, I particularly like the use of clothes pin! :) I was a mad scientist like you when I was your age but the stuff we had to play with was way less interesting than it is now.

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                Ashish Derhgawen
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                I'm a mad scientiest?? lol! :laugh:

                Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                  Ya but can it vaccum my floors? cool project

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                  Ashish Derhgawen
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                  I'll keep that in mind. It shall be my future project. :)

                  Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                  • A Ashish Derhgawen

                    I'm a mad scientiest?? lol! :laugh:

                    Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                    Sure why not? :)

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                    • A Ashish Derhgawen

                      I'll keep that in mind. It shall be my future project. :)

                      Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                      You don't have a pre-arranged marrige? :D

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                        You don't have a pre-arranged marrige? :D

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                        Bassam Abdul Baki
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                        Nope, otherwise, I'd have requested more than one. :-D


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                        • A Ashish Derhgawen

                          I'm a mad scientiest?? lol! :laugh:

                          Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                          Mark Salsbery
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                          Ashish Derhgawen wrote:

                          I'm a mad scientiest??

                          Yes! :)

                          Great job, team. Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.

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                            Ashish Derhgawen wrote:

                            I'm a mad scientiest??

                            Yes! :)

                            Great job, team. Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.

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                            Ashish Derhgawen
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                            :laugh:

                            Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                              You going to submit it to the DARPA project?


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                              El Corazon
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                              Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                              ou going to submit it to the DARPA project?

                              it is easier to widen it to any SBIR[^] than just DARPA, though DARPA is a bit more general sometimes. More choice is better. However, DARPA or SBIR are US paid so outsourcing is rare.

                              _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                              • A Ashish Derhgawen

                                Hey folks! I made a computer controlled RC car a few days ago. Now, I've built a laser pointer + webcam range sensor as an obstacle detector for my car. People normally use IR or ultrasonic obstacle detectors in robotics..but I decided to use my weird obstacle detector with the RC car to turn it into an autonomous vehicle! I've mounted the obstacle detection thing on the car. The computer uses it to sense how far obstacles are.. if they're far enough..it moves the car forward..otherwise, it stops the car and turns it until it finds a place with no obstacles in close range. Check it out on my blog: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/02/autonomous-rc-car-with-laser-based.html[^] Hope you like it! Ashish :)

                                Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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                                Eytukan
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                                Hey Ashish, couldn't guess you'd come back so soon, well I ran out of words :doh:. Let me update my "WoW!" vocabularies & get back to you.:-D


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                                  Hey Ashish, couldn't guess you'd come back so soon, well I ran out of words :doh:. Let me update my "WoW!" vocabularies & get back to you.:-D


                                  Dario: How is "directory" in French? (I mean a file system directory). John Simmons: "zee file holdaire thingie"

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                                  Ashish Derhgawen
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                                  Ha ha! Thanks Vunic :laugh: Ashish

                                  Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]

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