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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rob Antonishen wrote:
If I may comment on the castor issue.
1. Never put rubber tires on casters.
2. Use that funny boat hull piece as a caster whenever possible
3. Never put rubber tires on casters.
The hole issue with casters messing up your direction control revolves around
them having too much grip. If they can slip into alinement, then they won’t
knock your robot out of alinement. Best of all if you use this piece:
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/2654
It’s all about the slip.
Then there is always the cool soccer ball trapped in chain caster.
Derek
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| (...) I've been reading this, trying to figure out what you guys are complaining about. I use casters all the time. Often I'll change the caster design to adjust how the robot acts. The caster Rob used here is a problem because the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) One reason the sampling time can be high is a misguided attempt to "smooth" the times. I tried averaging out the last five values in a shift register and found it really slowed the thing down (my samples got really "steppy"). I switched to (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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