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Re[2]: Balancing robots
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:57:47 GMT
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Hello Philippe,
Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 1:18:03 PM, you wrote:
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> > I built a Legway clone using two standard lego light sensors, both pointing
> > down, one on the front one on the back. Control was via a PID type
> > algorithm. The actual
> > control wasn't that robust and only worked well in a darkened room but
> > it did balance and I could get it to spin on the spot. I don't have the
> > code to hand at the moment but this is a basic pseudo listing.
PH> Hi Allen,
PH> Could you post the actual code and perhaps a photograph of your robot, I want to
PH> try that for a while and it would eliminate some fiddling!
PH> TIA,
PH> Philo
Hi,
I'll try and find the code and grab a picture of the bot at the
weekend. I'm snowed under at the minute with a progress report on my
university project. I don't have the code to hand at the minute
as it's on an old computer that I use for Mindstorms stuff. The code
itself is not more complicated that the pseudo listing I gave you,
nothing like what Steve wrote for the Legway. I'll also try and take a
few small mpegs to stik on the web of it doing it's stuff.
--
Best regards,
Allen mailto:Kaptain.korolev@ntlworld.com
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| (...) As I was stuck home yesterday by a sore throat, I had plenty of time to build a legway clone that works quite well using an adapted version of your generic code. I choose to ease the problem by lowering center of gravity (I put the bottom of (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Hi Allen, Could you post the actual code and perhaps a photograph of your robot, I want to try that for a while and it would eliminate some fiddling! TIA, Philo (20 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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