Problem with Boe-Bot

heavy-freelancer

Hey,

I want just to ask you one question :

Why the Boe-Bot doesn't keep a straight direction when he moves ?

Thanks.

Mike Green

If you have properly calibrated the servo motors as described in the BoeBot documentation ("Robotics with the Boe-Bot" - Chapter 2, Activity #4), the robot should move in a pretty straight line when it moves (and the servos are commanded by the Stamp to move at the same speeds in opposite directions). There are always some small manufacturing differences from servo motor to servo motor, even if calibrated correctly and those small differences will add up to a slight turn after a while. There are also small differences in the thickness of the rubber on the wheels, slight differences in wheel diameter, slipping of the wheels on the floor, all of which make their contribution.