This robot cleaner (mintcleaner.com) creates a map of environment and cleans using side-by-side passes, not random motion.
"The NorthStar Navigation System works like an indoor GPS that helps Mint keep track of where it has been and where it needs to go. Specifically, the NorthStar Cube projects a signal that Mint uses to determine its location. Then as Mint starts cleaning, it builds a map of the area as it goes, marking walls, obstacles and drop offs as it encounters them. "
I'd like to know the algorithms used in this robot. How does it place itself within its map?
Is it simply dead reckoning using compass bearing and transit time?
"The NorthStar Navigation System works like an indoor GPS that helps Mint keep track of where it has been and where it needs to go. Specifically, the NorthStar Cube projects a signal that Mint uses to determine its location. Then as Mint starts cleaning, it builds a map of the area as it goes, marking walls, obstacles and drop offs as it encounters them. "
I'd like to know the algorithms used in this robot. How does it place itself within its map?
Is it simply dead reckoning using compass bearing and transit time?