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Subject:	Re: Backlash in Lego Gear Trains
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:24:23 GMT
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"Chris Mattson" <mattson@byu.edu> wrote: > Fellow Lego Engineers, > > Does anybody have a good solution to the ever-so-common problem of • backlash > in lego gear trains? You may find some answer in a post where I explained how Paolo Masetti won the line following robotics contest during Italian Legofest IV. One of Paolo's robot key feature was the reduced backlash in the steering gear train. This was my post about the event: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=11118 The event itself is described (in English) in the www.itlug.org site, section Events, Legofest IV. You can jump directly to the proper page using this link: www.geocities.com/mario.ferrari/itlug_20000326/legofest_4_e.html You can click on any image to enlarge them a bit. HTH Mario Lego web page: http://www.geocities.com/mario.ferrari/lego.html LUGNET member page: http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=22 Proud member of ItLUG: http://www.itlug.org

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		Re: Backlash in Lego Gear Trains
One other solution I forgot, that I have used with some success for Mindstorms: Make your device smart, so that it keeps track of its own backlash and compensates for it. I made a device that did this. It would keep track of an estimate of how (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)

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		Backlash in Lego Gear Trains
Fellow Lego Engineers, Does anybody have a good solution to the ever-so-common problem of backlash in lego gear trains? Help, Chris Mattson (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)

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