User: jasond2

Re:Out of curiousity...

On: A Mobile Robot For Modeling The World In 3D

The sensor on top of the robot looks like a SICK LMS system.

http://www.sickusa.com/live/master/datasheet.asp?P N=1015850&FAM=Measurement

I've used one of these devices in my graduate work. It scans over 180 degrees with a resolution of .5 degrees. It returns 361 distance values with accuracy of ~2cm in ~50ms/scan. Coupled with a 500kbps serial card, you can capture data in real time. I'm guessing they do this while changing the angle that the scanner is pointing in. I'm not sure how it calculates distance, though. I don't think you could model the tops of things either.

Re:In contrast, Salon.com's "Air Osama" article

On: X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism

but the communists in the 50's weren't blowing up too many buildings or killing people.

What about Stalin and the millions that were killed under his rule of the USSR?

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On: Post-crash Salary Survey

first post!!!