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Re: Using the Differential to drive straight.
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:16:41 GMT
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I don't have this book yet.  Can it be done with parts ONLY from the RIS
set?
--Jack Gregory

Russell Nelson <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:15423.9463.862934.966680@desk.crynwr.com...
> David Chen writes:
> > I've been playing with the following design to try to overcome the
> > problems with getting the robot to drive straight while using an A B
> > Differential drive train (ie left side wheels driven by motor A, right
> > side by motor B) and to get consistent turning.
> 
> This is described in Mario and Giulio Ferrari's excellent "Building
> Robots with Lego Mindstorms".
> 
> --
> -russ nelson              http://russnelson.com | One has to kill more • people
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  Re: Using the Differential to drive straight.
 
I don't have the book either. Did Mario and Giulio seem to think this selectable torque locking helped in helping a robot travel straighter or turn more consistently? I had initially intended this to be a sort of transmission to give the option of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Using the Differential to drive straight.
 
David Chen writes: > I've been playing with the following design to try to overcome the > problems with getting the robot to drive straight while using an A B > Differential drive train (ie left side wheels driven by motor A, right > side by motor (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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