Josh Koffman wrote:
>
> What kinds of lines are they? Are they the painted road lines, or can
> you spec the lines? If you can spec them yourself, it shouldn't be too
> hard, OWI (I think) has had a robot that traces lines for a long time.
> However if you must adapt to other lines, I don't know. Plus, my concern
> would be how to control the degree of steering if the line doesn't stay
> straight. You can't just have the controller say, the line is to the
> left, steer hard left. perhaps if you had a few sensors on either side
> of the line so you can have a percentage of how far off you are, and the
> controller could act appropriately. however, what if you drift off to
> the left, and then the line turns to the right...how would you deal with
> total loss of the line?
>
> Just some thoughts...I'm really interested in how you solve this.

Me too :-)

I was thinking video camera to 'see' the line.

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