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Re: Turrets for Robowars
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:27:22 GMT
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Use the slip gear for the steering use a wheel based model. When steering hits
limits clutch slips, Turret turns..then you just need a centering algortihm ro
return turret and steering to center, or use same theory eccept that the oversteer
activates Firing mech (probably better) (generally don't move and fire at the same
time, thus oversteering would not affect things..besides firing at angles while
moving presents accuracy problems)
Karim wrote:
> Chris Magno wrote:
>
> > then I became obsessed with an "aimer" which I am working on now. its
> > big and crude and bulky. but it works. it needs 3 motors, and can zero
> > itself with the 2 rotation sensors.
>
> I thought of a really cool application for a Solarvane... using two light
> sensors, and building a sort of shade like so:
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> ---++---
> ||
> ^^||^^
> LS||LS
> ----++----
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> What happens is, if the turret is aimed directly at a light source, both light
> sensors are in shade and the motors switch off. When one light sensor picks up
> a light over a certain threshold, the motor will rotate the turret in that
> direction.
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> This would be interesting if you could tune it so that it could pick up pulses
> from the IR collision detection system of another robot. You could time the
> pulses so that it would not track on its own navigation pulses. Hmmm, three
> sensors per robot... one light sensor to steer, and two to aim the turret...
> Hmmm, problem: only three motors. Two for drive/steering, still need one to
> turn the turret and one to fire. Any ideas?
>
> --Karim
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| (...) I thought of a really cool application for a Solarvane... using two light sensors, and building a sort of shade like so: ---++--- || ^^||^^ LS||LS ----++---- What happens is, if the turret is aimed directly at a light source, both light (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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