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Re: Legway and Robolab
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:31:27 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jerry Kalpin wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Good luck
> > Steve
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> 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 :)
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 bottom of this message:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=17185
Haven't tried it myself, though.
HTH,
Mark
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