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Re: Thoughts on Turning
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:04:57 GMT
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It would be nice to have a shorter name. :-)
I found the overall resistance of the add/sub transmission and final drive
gearing, etc. when using tracks to be too great for one motor. This was the
largest detractor from it's utility (the fact that only one motor supplies
the driving force). It seemed to work OK with wheels.
--
SeeYa !
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Jim
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Hello... Is this thing on ?
Blake Coverett wrote in message ...
> Cyberia <cyberia@erols.com> wrote in message news:F67CnM.4sr@lugnet.com...
> > How will the adder/subtractor help with your need for feedback in the turn
> ?
>
> Separate issues, the adder/subtractor (is there really not a better • existing
> name for this device btw?) is to deal with the slight variations in motor
> power that prevent a truely straight line. Though this is really not a big
> problem with this configuration, because the resistance of the front wheels
> to slipping sideways makes the curve entirely unnoticable over less than • 2-3
> meters.
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> >
> > Will you use your modified rotation sensor to somehow achieve this ?
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> Yes, this part already works. The axle of the fifth wheel goes directly
> through the improvised rotation sensor, so when the bot is turning I get
> narrow pulses as that wheel tracks around the circle.
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> -Blake
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| Cyberia <cyberia@erols.com> wrote in message news:F67CnM.4sr@lugnet.com... (...) ? Separate issues, the adder/subtractor (is there really not a better existing name for this device btw?) is to deal with the slight variations in motor power that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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