Invisible QR Code Navigation for Robots 2020

Here I tested the 400 line wide QR code I stretched by hand and the 600 line QR code I custom made. The distance tested here was 7 ft 6 inches exactly with a 1 watt led illuminator 6400k color. This flavor of light favors blue. I used this because I am considering IR illuminator to ensure the QR codes are well lit at this distance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzHZibYt0Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

QR code tests. I used a more real world test template. A title with x and y coordinates to identify the approx position in the home. I test different sizes , focal points , lighting ect. I did a short video demonstrating the best results so far.

Here is the second largest QR code at 6ft with illumination with a medium sized QR code. I tested the standard QR code in ez builder and I could only get it to reliably read at 2 -2.5ft with optimal illumination. The largest code seems large in the.picture but once it is on the ceiling it doesn't look that big. Adjusting gridlines I found I could narrow the box to just above the size of the QR code and it wouldn't read a QR code nearby that was not in the gridlines. However if more that half of a QR code is in the box it will try to read it so QR codes should be spaced 50 percent of their physical width apart to keep from having confusion.