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Re: Legway and Robolab
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:45:01 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> 
> I'm not going to say it can't be done, and I'd love to see the code (and so
> would everyone else), if you (or anyone does) get it to work, but it may be
> tough.
> 
> Good luck
> Steve

I spent a couple of evenings with a Legway, EOPD sensors and Robolab.  I could
not get it to balance or reach any condition of stability.  I eventually 'gave
up' because I felt that the violent control actions would destroy my motors :)

Steve, you warned me ...!!

Jerry



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  Re: Legway and Robolab
 
(...) Apparently, the standard firmware imposes a 100ms delay before a motor can change directions (ostensibly to protect the motors). This might be the source of some of the instability. Dick Swan suggests a possible way around the delay at the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Legway and Robolab
 
(...) While I agree this sounds like a fun project, don't be too disapointed if things don't go as well as you hope. I did some testing with NQC, and I found the standard firmware to be too slow to balance a Legway. I'm not going to say it can't be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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