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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".

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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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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