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Re: Newbie needs Help (diff sensor)
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:58:42 GMT
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steve <SJBAKER1@spamcakeAIRMAIL.NET>
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Mr S wrote:

I might be wrong, but my understanding of the Lego differential gearing
is that if both shafts are turning at the same rate and direction, the outer
gear/shell will turn at the same rate as the axles. Only when the two shafts
are turning in opposite directions at equal rates will the outer gear stand still.

I think you need another pair of gears on one of the wheels to reverse
its direction.

If you are going to use a rotation sensor to measure the slippage then
you need to realise that the sensor is notoriously poor at very low
speeds.  You'll at least want to gear up the difference output shaft
in order to make your slippage sensor more sensitive.

Personally, I'd still use a light sensor since you only really care that
you're slipping - not by how much.



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  Rotation Sensor Accuracy [was Re: Newbie needs Help (diff sensor)]
 
Steve wrote on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:59 PM <<snip>> (...) <<snip>> I think what is really meant is that most RCX firmware implementations are poor at filtering hardware transient errors. And the Rotation sensor is very "good" at generating (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Newbie needs Help (diff sensor)
 
Some varied thoughts here: (...) I might be wrong, but my understanding of the Lego differential gearing is that if both shafts are turning at the same rate and direction, the outer gear/shell will turn at the same rate as the axles. Only when the (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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