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Re: Announcing LegWay, Finally
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:25:56 GMT
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T. Alexander Popiel <popiel@wolfskeep.com+stopspam+>
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In message: <EAEDLODFFEIJIAGCKLJLGEAACHAA.carlos@interaccion.net>
"Carlos Merino" <carlos@interaccion.net> writes:
> Hi people,
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> about inclined surfaces,
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> will the LegWay works with four light sensors?
There's some difficulties with hooking 4 analog sensors up to a
single RCX. ;-)
Even if there weren't however, that wouldn't change the fact that
the range sensors (light or otherwise) cannot tell the difference
between the ground being tilted and the robot being tilted. You
need gyroscopes or accelerometers (or a horizon finder) for that.
- Alex
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| (...) Actually, you can look at the rate of change. As the surface is tilted, the robot would start to fall as it tries to maintain a distance. Then, the rate of change will increase, so it will compensate by moving the other direction (return to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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