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Re: Is it possible for a robot to count studs?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:50:29 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gDOThyde@bigpondDOTnetDOTau^spamless^>
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"Steve Lane yahoo.co.uk>" <stevenrobertlane@<nospamplease> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.robotics, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> I've used gear racks for this purpose. 2.5 gear rack teeth = 1 stud.
> Combine
> with a gear and a rotation sensor and away you go.
Is there a way to do it without a rotation sensor? I wasn't planning on a
LEGO order from S@H until after the New Year.
The other problem is the rotation sensor might need to move slowly across, I
don't know if this robot I'm building will traverse very fast across the
baseplate. I've heard that they have problems at low speeds.
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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| (...) If you are moving slow enough, one possibility is using black friction pegs on a technic beam, say, one every other hole, and a touch sensor that moves by them counting them. If timing isn't enough to get you 1 +/- 0.1 stud resolution between (...) (19 years ago, 12-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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