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Re: Straight-driving car
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:12:05 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.orgNOMORESPAM
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Mark Nelson <3nelsons@pressenter.com> wrote:
> I'm building an RCX robot that maps the house with some help from the
> computer. My problem is this: I need to create a car that will drive perfectly
> straight and also be able to make precise turns without having to move forward
> while turning. I have 2 motors, and 1 light sensor, and 2 touch sensors. Can
> anyone think of a way to do this?
One idea would be to use treads and an adder-subtracter device:
<http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/diff.html>. This is kind of bulky, but
it will eliminate the problem with the motors being mismatched. It's pretty
difficult to do this actually -- perfectly straight is a tall order.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Yeah, it is, but in order for it to be able to correctly map the house, without making the whole map screwed up, it needs to be able to drive perfectly straight. (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| I'm building an RCX robot that maps the house with some help from the computer. My problem is this: I need to create a car that will drive perfectly straight and also be able to make precise turns without having to move forward while turning. I have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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