document updated 18 years ago, on Apr 14, 2008
Phase 1 goal: Be able to put cones out in a parking lot, and have very precise telemetry
hardware that tells you your lap times, and time through each corner. IMPORTANT: It should use
relative position only, no accelerometers.
Phase 2 goal: Be able to drive up to a parking lot, and have a video overlay of where
virtual cones are. The same super-precise-location-sensor would be used from above to let you know
if you "hit" a virtual cone.
(autocrosses are nice in that they provide objective feedback. However, if you ever try to set
an ad-hoc one up in a parking lot, your chance of being questioned by a police officer is high, and
the cones are fairly obvious evidence, and they can't be picked up rapidly if you need to flee the
scene)
(having emplaced telemetry hardware might not be optimal, but at least it'd be far less obvious, and
would have a higher likelihood of being able to be picked up later when the coast is clear)
Telemtry hardware
- The European Automated Transfer Vehicle uses devices called a "videometer" and a telegoniometer"
to sense its position when it's doing the close-in docking maneuvers.
(more details here:
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