How do people usually go about determining the position of an autonomous ground robot (relative to a charging station)? The robot in question will roam around my house building a map of the walls and furniture, and maybe do something useful once it has all that information. I imagine it's possible w…

Tracking position of an autonomous robot

jremington May 3, 2014, 1:35am 9

aiming the guts of an optical mouse at the ground

How well does your optical mouse work if you lift it 1/4 inch off the table?

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