[Robotgroup] Drive a Droid proposal... How to detect the "fence"?

Vern Graner vern at txis.com
Tue Jul 8 07:55:48 PDT 2008


Michael Boswell wrote:
> Of course there is always the ultra low-tech version. Have a person monitor
> the action and manually trigger the "Back away from the wall" action
<snip>

 >Vern Graner Wrote:
 >> If push comes to shove, we could create a "2nd set" of controls
 >> and an over-ride switch for a trained operator to use to take
 >> over for a moment, point the droid back to the center

Great minds, eh? ;)

Vern

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