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Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:35:32 GMT
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Pete Hardie <PETE.HARDIE@DVSG.SCIATL.antispamCOM>
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Tom Pierce wrote:
> My wheeled bots have a strong tendency to go in whichever direction is
> necessary to run into sleeping cats. • <snip>
> What I am
> attempting to get my bot to do is to run into the corner behind the TV with
> all the wires, tangle itself up as quickly as possible in a way that causes
> the motors to strip as they try to turn unturnable wheels.
>
> Another project I've been working on is to get a bot to turn slowly until a
> candle is detected. Upon detecting the candle, the bot rams into said candle
> at full speed, knocking it over and pouring wax all over the floor (and,
> with any luck, setting the drapes on fire). After accomplishing this, it
> plays a pleasing tune.
Hey, sounds like goal right up there with the Mindstorms commercials -
shoving all the plates off the dinner table, snapping pictures of
women in the shower, etc.
Great to see the big problems being solved on this list....:->
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Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta |
Digital Video Services Group |
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| I might be able to use this solution for another problem. My wheeled bots have a strong tendency to go in whichever direction is necessary to run into sleeping cats. Straight line, pull to right, pull to left -- as long as there's a sleeping cat in (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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