MAP PLOTTING ROBOT
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MAP PLOTTING ROBOT
The aim of the robot is to plot the map of the way you are going. You
can do this in a very simple way. First you can do it without any
reading. Just put optical mouse under the robot. Suppose if the
robot goes an inclined plane, then it should plot
height also. So first aim is to measure the speed
of the robot. If you use a stepper motor, then this
will be easy, only thing left is to measure angle which can be
measured using a potentiometer. If you have a synchronous motor
of a constant speed, then also you can measure the distance moved
easily, because synchronous motor moves with
constant speed. Angle measurement will remain same
for all motors. Now the task is to measure the
speed of DC motor. You can measure it by connecting
a spike like setup to the shaft of the motor so that it will
count the number of spikes on the motor shaft to measure the
distance. All spikes will be equidistant. Increase the number of
spikes for good accuracy. You see the setup in a wheeled mouse.
They use the same technique. Do processing with a computer.
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