1. 06 | Mapping Areas and Detecting Objects
Chris Howd | Developer Content Planner, MS
Paul Pardi | AppPlat Content Manager, MS

2. Module Overview Functional Requirements for Mapping an Area
Positioning and Calibrating Distance Sensors
Demo – Measurement calibration and filtering
Calibrating Wheel Movements
Demo – Calibrated moves and rotations
Coordinates and Object Detection
Demo – It is alive!

3. Functional Requirements for Mapping an Area

4. Functional Requirements for Mapping an Area
External and/or internal reference systems
Movement and tracking orientation
Coordinates, boundaries, and object mapping

5. Positioning and Calibrating Distance Sensors
Sensor mounting and positioning
Why calibrate sensors?
Methods for calibrating sensors and filtering

6. Measurement calibration and filtering

7. Calibrating Wheel Movements

8. Calibrating Wheel Movements
Why calibrate linear movements?
Provides awareness and control
Enables faster movements
Why calibrate angular movements?
Helps the robot to keep track of its orientation
Speeds up the process of verifying orientation
Speeds up the process of turning to face a direction

9. Calibrated moves and rotations

10. Coordinates and Object Detection

11. Coordinates and Object Detection
Select a local point of reference
Choose a coordinate system
Align to the axes of your coordinate system
Map the area and object coordinates
Detecting new objects

12. It is alive!

13. Review We discussed coordinate systems and requirements for mapping
We talked about positioning sensors and the types of errors that sensor readings can include.
We showed you how to calibrate a sensor and how to calibrate DC gearmotors so that we get consistent linear and angular movements
We finished up with a demonstration of our MSGuard-Bot mapping an area and then detecting and deactivating our MSBug-Bot when we added it to the area.