I'm considering a project that would consist of a autonomous robot following another moving object (like a dog following a person). The object being followed can carry a device/transponder to simplify this project. I know this could be done optically, or by wirelessly communicating position from the followed object to the following robot, but I figured that there must be a simpler way to do it, but I can't think of a sensor suite off hand that does this.
Requirements:
Can lock and initiate following at a distance of 50m or less.
Low power.
Fast (e.g., could account for the followee zigzagging while running)
Does any one know of any ways to do this?
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