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Re: Maze robot testing
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Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:11:37 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, John Brost wrote:
> I've been thinking about putting together a maze robot for NEIRG. Last night it
> went from "thinking" to "doing" as I built a prototype. Now I'm wondering, how
> do I test thing thing? I've never really spent much time making a maze running
> robot, and I'm not really sure how to test it. For those of you who have built
> maze running robots before for NEIRG, what sort of test setup did you use?
Greg pointed out the simplest shape which will test out most of the turn
combinations is a '4' (with an open top). That's just 3 walls, two are 12"x12"
and one is 12"x24". Remember, the walls are 12 inches high and 1/8 inch thick,
and each cell is 12x12.
> Also, if I recall correctly, the surface of the NEIRG maze isn't exactly
> perfectly uniform. Does anybody have any hints about what to avoid in robot
> design/programming that will keep me from having surface-related problems in the
> maze?
You can't have anything dragging. It needs to roll. There is a 1/8 inch gap
where the walls go, and sometimes it steps up or down 1/8 inch.
For reference, my maze robot runs on the small mag wheels, attached directly to
the motors. That robot has done well in all the events it's entered. It's the
reason the NEIRG rules were changed to dis-allow robots from entering both the
LEGO and the OPEN class.
A couple people have told me they have faster robots, but remember the robot has
to be able to make it through the maze, or it doesn't matter. Last night Bryan
said he had a faster maze robot, but he's said that before...
Steve
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| (...) John - the surface of the NEIRG maze is 1" thick blue insulating styrofoam. It has a different friction characteristic than other surfaces...As I am sure you know, this is important for turning. I built my own 3 foot x 4 foot test area and use (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) The only time I ran it I used 1x4's and tested in a "U" shape (both clockwise & counterclockwise) on my kitchen floor. This worked great, until event day when the floor friction fouled me up (I may have to cobble up a test system like Bryan (...) (19 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| I've been thinking about putting together a maze robot for NEIRG. Last night it went from "thinking" to "doing" as I built a prototype. Now I'm wondering, how do I test thing thing? I've never really spent much time making a maze running robot, and (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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