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Re: Gear lash....
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Date: 
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 05:01:12 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Wayne Young wrote:

You're probably thinking that it's ridiculous for the sample time to be so
large, and I'm thinking that I need to see if I can make my 'bot read the light
faster so it can make faster decisions while on the move.

No, that made a lot of sense.  I get it.   I looked at Dave's code--that helped too.

But yeah, castors are evil.

I've never used them.  I don't really know why one would.  I've always used
those little 2x2 round pads.  I've got a couple worn down by a millimeter which
is fine by me, I figure they're expendable.

Calum



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  Re: Gear lash....
 
(...) Trying running a robot around the house, with quarter-inch steps between hardwood and rug. Sometimes, castors are a neccessary evil. Besides the "no rubber, minimize friction", there's also the idea of minimizing castor steer by offsetting the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: Gear lash....
 
(...) 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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