I am curious as to whether their is higher quality sensors for building a line following robot than I have noticed with some of the smaller robots. I have a fairly large electric motorized platform that I would like to turn into a line following robot, but it would need a fairly reliable system so it did not end up going where it was not supposed to. Also, I have heard that bright ambient light which I assume is what one would find in a large building with flourescent lightning can cause problems. So, I am curious as to how reliable I could make a line following robot be and whether it would be viable option to make an automated line following robot.
I would be using an industrial vehicle mounted PC mounted to an electrical motorized platform say 5 feet long by 3 feet wide with dual motors and already equiped with its own motor controller tied into two hand throttle systems one for each side of the robot. I know this is a bit ambitious to take on, but even if I had to buy an already developed system which hopefully would not be too expensive this would be exceptable also.
Sorry to be so long winded, but this is something I have been toying with for awhile and I was wondering if it is even possible to create such a large line following robot.
Roger