I don't know how high or low tech you want to go but I have a Lego segway type robot that uses sonar to negotiate around a room, balances by using feedback...
Carol, the list server seems to be having trouble sending you a note offlist. If you can send me your email address I'll try again. davida at smu dot edu ...
My contact info is: Carol Hazlett 3801 55th Ave So Auburn, WA 98001 carolhazlett@... facebook.com/Robothon facebook.com/CarolLynnHazlett 253-653-6384...
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SeattleRobotics@yahoo...
Dec 3, 2012 3:01 pm
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it was at work while back when i was doing some testing for a digital scale ,i was in charge of design and test lab,mostly i do testing on sensors they give me...
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Peter Balch
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Dec 3, 2012 11:38 pm
... Thanks. I can see some touch sensor chips but not any capacitive force sensors or chips. I know that capacitive force sensors exist but I haven't found an...
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Dec 4, 2012 2:01 am
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I received this note from National Instruments. The subject of the meeting is the FIRST Robotics Architecture within the LabView environment. If you are...
Here is the page for one type ,they do have others https://www.sparkfun.com/products/7902 Now to make the sensor you need a 2 tiny copper plates and some soft...
Do see they are touch sensor chips many circuits on the internet for capacitance to voltage and if you have a really good meter it has the circuit,its great to...
Hi, all! I'm looking for advice on what sort of switch or other sensor might be appropriate: I'm going to be helping build a robot that reacts to touch -- ...
How big (diameter) are you thinking you need the whiskers to be? What material (nylon, steel, etc)? If you're going to mount the whisker between momentary...
Run the "whisker" through a ring contact. Maybe use a foam ring around the whisker to give a little more resistance if wanted. Alan KM6VV...
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Dec 6, 2012 1:09 am
Hi, Pat, For simplicity's sake, you could mount each whisker or a group of whiskers in a group and mount them to a flexible conductive pin that could bend in...
Hi, Max! ... I was thinking nylon or similar plastic. ... Right -- that sort of setup is feeling more and more like the right way to go. I like the mounting...
Hi, Alan! ... Ooo, interesting! You mean something like an inside-out commutator ring? Are there actual parts like that or is this something one would make? ...
If you mount the proximal end of the whisker through a thin piece of sheet metal and surround it by strain gauges you could determine direction and intensity...
Probably easy enough to make. Ground the whisker, insulate the ring. Electrical appliance stores sell 1/8" "pipe" fittings that are threaded 3/8" or so, and...
If you make the inner surface of the broken commutator not circular but some other shape you could change the 'behavior' of the whisker depending on the sector...
Alan said: Are you suggesting a split (commutator) ring? That could give you direction ... Kevin said: If you mount the proximal end of the whisker through a...
If the contact surface of the split commutator was elliptical (as an example) one could make the whisker more sensitive to vertical or horizontal motion while...
Hi, Tom! For simplicity's sake, you could mount each whisker or a group of ... Interesting! I wonder...if we used netting (or macrame with little loops around...
Kevin -- If the contact surface of the split commutator was elliptical (as an ... Might also handle the sensitivity in the code, so long as we get separate ...
