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  Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
 
(...) Believe it or not, I've been working on exactly this problem for the last few days. I built an angle sensor using a 500K potentiometer wired directly to an RCX input port. (Lego's angle sensor doesn't have sufficient angular resolution unless (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
 
(...) I think making the pendulum longer should cure this... (...) Possibly making it heavier will cure this... Cheers, Ben. (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
 
(...) Perhaps you're asking too much of them. Try toning down the pendulum; that is, give it some length below the hinge point as well. As long as it's still top-heavy you're still technically an inverted pendulum, and the added mass below the pivot (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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