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Re: West Coast Drive Code

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
I've read through this several times. I believe I understand it, but it only seems to be useful in the case where you are using one joystick as the throttle and the other to turn.

Wouldn't using a two joystick setup where you only use the y-axis on both not have the problem all this coding is trying to correct? You can turn at high speeds by feathering one joystick
The "tank style" JUI (Joystick User Interface) you describe above suffers from this same problem:

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri View Post
If the robot is moving fast enough and the gearing is sufficiently high, the internal resistance of a neutral motor is not enough to create a torque which can power the robot to turn. Some robots are geared high enough such that when you are moving at full speed and apply [0, 1.0] to each motor, the robot will continue to go in a straight line. While this is great if you are on target, getting around obstacles at high speed becomes impossible.

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