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Re: Position Finding/Mapping Description
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:20:45 GMT
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Andy Gombos <gombos@ne.infi.%antispam%net>
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> PROBLEMS
> The robot tips some times, if the wheels are rotated into certian
> positions.
> I am trying to find 3 more wheel things, and put them on the other
> side of the axle(the side with the bevel gear).
> That should keep the robot from bringing all of its wheels under it
> self(that is how it loses balance), by having a wheel rotate into the
> position that the other wheel left.
>
> The robot also will not drive perfectly straight. I cannot figure out
> why, but I think it is because the turntables cannot be linked
> together so that they are perfectly straight.
I just dissasembled the 3 wheel configuration, and built a four wheel
one with another turntable I found. It is now a four wheeler. Balance
is solved, with no counterweight, and I think that it will steer a lot
straighter too. The turntables CAN be linked so the wheels are straight,
as near as I can tell. I will make measurements about distance and
angles today.
Andy
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| Okay. The base is a lot like the last picture on the Synchro Drive page. STEERING Then there are the beams that hold the axles that hold the 8t gears that link the turntables together. One axle is just one of those half friction pin/half axle (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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