Lock your casters (no rotation) for more consistent results.
Honestly, I was actually disapointed in the consistent performance I did get!,
I was after something way more random, chaos is more the word..
Testing with unpowered mock_ups was very promising... Bouncing off of every surface contacted...
But this!.. This is not the disorder and kaos I wanted to see... More power!.. yes, much more power...:thumb:
There has been a lot of wood and plastic robots roaming(and flying) around the robotics forum lately,
So I thought I would post up this brass robot for all the good folks.
After all, We wouldn't want people to think all we can do around here is wood and plastic.
Yes sir, We can do flying chunks of metal too...:cool:
Erco, did you ever do anything with that ARobot you bought off eBay? That's sort of a trike drive, except the rear wheels pivot.
Not yet. There's a lot of play in the steering linkage; that would introduce a lot of inaccuracy and poor repeatability for the dead reckoning type experiments I do. I sort of expected that and put the bot on my display shelf right away. I'll get to it eventually, but as you fellas know, "so many robots, so little time"!
I'm getting back on a whopper of a robot project that will keep me busy for a few more years. I started it in 2004. WOW. This is "the one". Venture capitalists, get your dough together!
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Honestly, I was actually disapointed in the consistent performance I did get!,
I was after something way more random, chaos is more the word..
Testing with unpowered mock_ups was very promising... Bouncing off of every surface contacted...
But this!.. This is not the disorder and kaos I wanted to see... More power!.. yes, much more power...:thumb:
There has been a lot of wood and plastic robots roaming(and flying) around the robotics forum lately,
So I thought I would post up this brass robot for all the good folks.
After all, We wouldn't want people to think all we can do around here is wood and plastic.
Yes sir, We can do flying chunks of metal too...:cool:
-Tommy
Not yet. There's a lot of play in the steering linkage; that would introduce a lot of inaccuracy and poor repeatability for the dead reckoning type experiments I do. I sort of expected that and put the bot on my display shelf right away. I'll get to it eventually, but as you fellas know, "so many robots, so little time"!
I'm getting back on a whopper of a robot project that will keep me busy for a few more years. I started it in 2004. WOW. This is "the one". Venture capitalists, get your dough together!