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(...) But suppose at time 20 your robot is pointed at between 10 and 30 degrees due to the steering defect. Then it has lost even more ground to the moving target. (...) Your thinking is probably correct if the robot can sample the light reasonably (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't know about it sound like one more of those driving around randomly until you find something and then do an action and repeat. I think that something without that random driving around factor might seem more appealing. Maybe similar to (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Thanks for sharing your source, Dave! I don't know about anyone else, but reading that added to my design and programming knowledge. (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> Forgot to mention where my issues are where the coding's concerned-- I wanted the setup routine to take care of, well, just about everyting--I didn't wnat to hard-code values into the 'bot but (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Seriously, my code for scanning is as simple as it gets-- NQC'd-- task scanner_task() { while(true) { if (found_light == 1) //found light source--keep scanner on light source { (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hear hear on that. Castors are evil. If you rotate and get lined up then drive forward, the castors will twist just enough to pull you off line. ...that could be contributing to the drunken lurching effect... I might have to try 4 wheel skid (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 'Cause in my (maybe no so) brilliant design I have a "probe" that is tied back to a touch sensor that needs to be inserted into the transfer opening. If the probe hits a wall/another bot, etc. then it will back off assuming it was a bad light (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) But if you are "close" to the TO...then your precision usually is higher anyways--less movement, less slop? Here's some made up numbers to illustrate what I don't understand... If I read at time 0 at 30 degrees, a "contact". By the time I come (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) rtl20 is difficult? what, do people want marble sorting? :) I love the idea of stacking mismatched objects, especically non-LEGO objects--I'm in! As an aside, once warmer weather shows up and I can go back into the wood shop, I have a plan... (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey Steve, Thanks-- I guess I should have clarified--it's the inter brick communication via IR that's not working. The touches were placed the same way on the test brick, and the "master" brick portion is running fine. The master has all the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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