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RE: robotic rovers
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:25:59 GMT
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Rich Thompson <[richone@midsouth.rr.com]stopspammers[]>
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I have been real happy using the KISS (keep it simple sir) principle of
design. http://www.marsrobot.com/radabot5.htm is the only robot I have built
that I have not un-built since it is very simple and the programming makes
it a good wanderer. I tend to hook up new parts to this robot offten.
Rich
http://www.marsrobot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of Ian Warfield
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 7:45 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: robotic rovers
Hello all,
I'm trying to construct a rover to make its way around a household
environment
and avoid obstacles reliably. I'm experimenting with several chassis
designs
to find one to my liking. (Okay, so I build one design, try it for five
minutes, then take it apart and build another one. Such is LEGO.) Anybody
have a design that they're particularly happy with?
I managed to get hold of two Dacta rotation sensors so that I can keep track
of linear and rotary motion. I've worked out a few pointers that I keep in
mind as I try a new design and I'm trying to include as many in each design
as
I can:
1) The rover should have a wide wheel base to make accurate turns
2) It should preferably have a low center of gravity
3) It should have room somewhere on it to mount a variant of Leo's
differential transmission to interface with the rotation sensors
I've posted an LDraw file of one of my rover designs on
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=210 if anyone's interested. Don't
feel obligated to post an entire design on here like I did; suggestions or
ideas of any sort would be welcome.
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| I'm pretty much inclined to go with KISS too; it's less complicated, with fewer parts to worry about and less that can go wrong. Plus you can always expand on it and modify it easily. Bot 5 looks like a good design, especially if it has stood the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello all, I'm trying to construct a rover to make its way around a household environment and avoid obstacles reliably. I'm experimenting with several chassis designs to find one to my liking. (Okay, so I build one design, try it for five minutes, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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