Beacon Tracking
For my project I decided to use an IR Beacon to locate the Leader and track it. I have found on an US web-shop located in Las Vegas (Nevada) selling a cheap pair of IR Transceiver Beacons. This device is equipped by 6 IR LEDs emitting a pulse signal at an high frequency, and by 4 IR sensors located at the North, East, South and West of the device to determine the other beacon’s direction. This sensor is available online here for 50$.
Pololu Beacon pinciple
Pololu IR Beacon
Follower Robot
The RF used for this experiment will be the robot designed and developped by a previous MSc student. The IR beacon will be located upside of the robot and plugged on the battery.
Robot Follower
Leader Robot
As we don’t have RL available for the experiment, the idea is to buy a cheap Radio Controlled car where will be implemented an IR beacon. The follower will detect the beacon located on the RC car and follow the signal. The only requirements for the leader are a low price and the possibility to implement the IR beacon.
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