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| | (...) I suppose you've already considered using the white 24 tooth clutch (looks like a gear)to limit the torque and prevent motor stalls... Jerry (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor? Paul Andrews
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| | | | (...) No. I didn't know it existed. Of itself it is interesting, but I actually want to use stalls as a means of collision detection. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor? John Barnes
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| | | | I assume you have already discarded the simple approach of using a rotation sensor and detecting that it has stopped rotating. (This gives you an odometer for free!) Or if you don't have a rotation sensor, you can use the half width six hole pulley (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor? Paul Andrews
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| | | | (...) Yes. I just got a rotation sensor. Trouble is that the motors could stop for a variety of reasons (like the robot isn't moving). That isn't the real reason though (I could always handle that in software). The real reason is that ever since I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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