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- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Sonar and the 68HC11
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.183226.10455@netcom.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:32:26 GMT
- References: <EfM5_Ya00WBM458UUW@andrew.cmu.edu> <1993Jan24.081155.15471@adobe.com>
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- epperson@adobe.com (Mark Epperson) writes:
- >What about a differential sonar, has anyone done it? I envision
- >a set of three receivers with the center one as the only transmitter.
- >Any ideas?
- >As I am not current in my physics, what would be the difficulties in
- >making a phased array? (wavelength too long?)
-
- It's really time for somebody to start developing smarter sonar
- systems for robots. We've been using those dumb Polaroid sensors for a
- decade now, and enough is known about bat, dophin, and submarine sonar
- to do a much better job. The DSP chips are available and cheap.
- Somebody with audio, DSP, or sonar experience needs to do this one.
-
- A reasonable way to start would be to use a machine with stereo
- audio inputs and outputs, and try to do bat-type FM sonar, operating
- around 10-20KHz.
-
- John Nagle
-