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Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 14 Nov 1998 02:10:12 GMT
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Alex Wetmore wrote in message <008601be0f2a$01b82140$01fa3b9d@awetmore.dns.microsoft.com>...
> From: John Scott Kjellman <jkjellman@ameritech.net>
> > Instead of using the differential for angle sensors, why not use it to
> > allow a single motor to drive both wheels? Then a single angle sensor
> > coupled with a motor could drive the steering mechanism. This setup
> > would be very similar to a radio controlled car.
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> The main downside with this approach is that you can't turn on axis (so your
> vehicle will no longer have a turning radius of 0).
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> When I first got the mindstorms I thought that it would be interesting to
> have a vehicle which put down a foot, lifted itself up, turned, and put
> itself back down. It would be possible to do this with two motors (either
> using one for both lifting and driving or lifting and turning), but it
> seemed like making the lifting foot work properly would be difficult
> (although it might not be too bad if you used pnuematics).
This would give you a good turning radius. However, it would take
the bot a long time to turn.
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> alex
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| From: John Scott Kjellman <jkjellman@ameritech.net> (...) The main downside with this approach is that you can't turn on axis (so your vehicle will no longer have a turning radius of 0). When I first got the mindstorms I thought that it would be (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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