Cody’s robot optical motion sensor
Cody’s robot optical motion sensor
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[Mac Cody] has continued working on his original optical
mouse hack. In the time since we first posted the story, he has repackaged the mouse’s sensor so that
it can be used with any robotic
platform. He built a custom board for the sensor and modified a lens package so that the sensor plane doesn’t have
to be in contact with the ground. His work is based on a NASA paper Insect-inspired Optical-Flow Navigation
Sensors. Mac’s sensor seems to be progressing nicely towards his goal of dead reckoning navigation, but he thinks
it could do better if the LED illumination was more focused.
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[tags]robots,diy,electronic[/tags]
