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9.8 Color camera mounted on R/C car

                        Talk
           208                  You can purchase a pair of inexpensive children’s walkie-talkies.
                                Place one walkie-talkie on the T-bot. You can speak from the T-bot
                                using the second walkie-talkie.

                        Adding realistic car controls
                                Golem I uses the standard radio controls that came with the car. The
                                realism  of  the  telepresence  system  can  be  greatly  improved  by
                                adding realistic car controls. This isn’t difficult. It involves removing
                                the circuit and potentiometers from the radio transmitter control
                                and making a mock-up steering wheel for one potentiometer and a
                                foot pedal throttle control for the other potentiometer.

                        Improving the telepresence system

                                Golem I is a basic telepresence system that can be improved upon
                                with  a  little  thought.  Improvements  will  add  cost  to  the  system.
                                However, these subsystem improvements can be added over a time.

                        Stereo-vision
                                Implementing high-fidelity stereo-vision on the Golem I is a worth-
                                while endeavor. There are great benefits to be derived from this
                                experimentation,  namely,  depth  perception.  This  is  still  an  area
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