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Re: Desensitizing Joysticks

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
But, your robot doesn't move when you give it a small value, because of friction and other factors. In '99 we did some tests with our robot, and you had to give it something to the effect of 145 to get it to move from a stop. So, we programmed in a deadzone from 117-137, and then starting at 138, we scaled the values from 145 to 254.
The motors have gained more power since '99.
The new drills introduced last year have almost no delay at low power values.

The deadstick area is still nice, but you also need to scale the output rather than start at 138.
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