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Last year as part of a university project a group of friends of mine did=20
exactly this for their group behavior robots - they had a set of panels=20
panted with luminescent paint in a dark room, and their "ant" leaving its=20
"pheromone" trail had a bright halogen spot light on it - trail worked for=
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the other "ants" running a line following algorithm - was quite cool to wat=
ch=20
one robot make a trail that the others followed

On Thursday 23 September 2004 20:13, Koen van Leeuwen wrote:
> On Thursday 23 September 2004 19:46, Padu wrote:
> > In nature, pheromones are chemical drops that evaporate. Ants can detect
> > the presence of pheromones through their antennas, and the fact that th=
ey
> > do evaporate contributes to the creation of optimized nest-food trails.
> > Do you guys have any other suggestion regarding sensors, other
> > techniques, anything?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Padu
>
> How about a glow-in-the dark floor, with 'ants' with high-intensity LEDs =
or
> something?
>
> It would have to be dark though, or use red ambient light and green glowi=
ng
> paint and some optical filtering at the ant...
>
> Reusable, no refilling of evaporating ink, not as much energy needed as to
> heat marbles... plus you can see the tracks too ;o)
>
> I don't know how long the afterglow persists...
>
> Good luck,
>
> Koen van Leeuwen
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