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I’d say having landmarks (like literally spray marks on the land) and wheel encoders should be much more robust. Perhaps also with some ToF system as a secondar
by toxik 8y ago
I’d say having landmarks (like literally spray marks on the land) and wheel encoders should be much more robust. Perhaps also with some ToF system as a secondary source of positioning.
Come to think of it, could the ”we’re only semi automated” be a way around the unions?
- cr0sh 8y ago> I’d say having landmarks (like literally spray marks on the land) Such marks could wear away, or be obscured by spills, debris, or rain. Ideally, they should be included, along with other sensor systems for positioning, just to give another set of data points for the localization algorithm to work with. Practically, though, they probably aren't, because it raises costs both for development and maintenance of the systems.
- toxik 8y agoAny system has failure modes. The advantage of a visual system is that it is also useful for human beings. Especially given how the original article talks about semi-automated settings, this type of collaborative approach could prove fruitful. It sounded like ToF did not work very well for them across the entire environment due to lots and lots of little steel cages (i.e. cargo crates) too.