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[–] onion@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

SoI I'm guessing it could be replaced by a 5$ GPS reciever

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

or like, the same fucking wires used for robot mowers

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the magnets don't directly move the vehicle, the field it generates is just measured by the sensor on the car to be able to get reliably accurate position data iirc

gps definitely can't provide that level of accuracy reliably