Hi All,
 
In light of the large positive response I received to my
query, I thought I would give you a little more detail on
my objective.  Our club (www.chibots.org) is looking
to prod interest by possibly developing 1 or 2 new
competitions over and above the standards that we
have going now.  ie. line following, advanced line
following, solarollers and minisumo.  I lit on the idea
of providing a short duration (20 seconds) IR beacon
for a robot to get a bearing on and then try to navigate
to it.  The beacon would be on just long enough to get
the bearing and than turn off.  The robot must than
navigate to the beacon in reasonable time.  The
shortest time would be the better navigator.  This
would give our club members the opportunity to build
there skills and knowledge in dead reckoning, location
determination and object avoidance.  The line-o-sight
from starting point to beacon would be clear enough
to take a bearing, but not clear enough for passage.
I have to admit that this follows along with my interest
in robotics (autonomous navigation).  I hope this little
note wasn't contrary to the guidelines of the PICLIST.
 
Best Regards to All,
 
Tom


		
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