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Is it possible measure the relative distance and bearing among robots?

asked 2013-11-20 23:23:19 -0500

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Hi all,

My name is Andrew and I am new of this community. I would like to know if it exists an off-the-shelf hardware that allows to measure relative distances and bearing among robots. As far as I know ultrasonic sensors are used to meaure relative distances, but it is not possible understand who is my neighbor, they tell me just there is someone over there!

Thank you, Andrew

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answered 2014-04-02 09:58:59 -0500

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updated 2014-04-02 09:59:32 -0500

There are many sensors which can be used for this purpose, but it will require integration. The most common way to do this is to use a camera and visual markers such as AR Tags. See http://wiki.ros.org/ar_tools for more info.

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