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| Hello, After various discussions here about maze walkers and synchro 'bots, I decided to try my hand at YASB (yet another synchro 'bot). Furthermore, I decided that instead inverting the problem as Ralph did, that I would turn it inside out by (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Perhaps the light sensor could be placed at the end of a vertical arm that swings in a cone pattern. This would prevent the twisting of connectors. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Actually, My thoughts were of mounting it geared in such a way that the light sensor traces a circular path without ever actually, itself, rotating. Imagine mounting to some kind of rotating assembly and then mounting that to the end of an arm. As (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) That is the method I've usually assumed would be best. (...) Wow. This sounds like a mechanical mess, but an elegant solution (in a broader sense) to the depth/breadth issue I was talking about last night. Good luck. My two cents: 1) maybe a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Just a thought (and the reason I still want to use real walls): by bumping into a wall, there are small orientation errors that are introduced (especially when hitting it at an angle). I just like tougher problems! :-) /Vlad (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| You could make a gantry that can make the arm go forwards and back, and at the same time have it on another gantry that can move side to side. Move both gantrys (sp?) at once and you should be able to carve out a rough circle without twistind the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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