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Unread 07-02-2005, 17:58
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Re: The *BIG* CMU Howto

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Originally Posted by jedinite
Allright, our team has two rather big questions. Are there any specific rules regarding the case, and what is the correct way to mount the servos? I've been through USFirst and Innovation First, and I can't find anything regarding actual rules. So, are we allowed to make our own custom cases? And, how exactly do we mount the servos? We're frankly stumped. Everything we've tried is wrong.
Any way works.. you really only need a tilt servo, as you *can* just pan with the entire robot.. but its probably better to have a pan servo too.

One problem I've run into a lot is the camera tracking very slowly, or not at all, which is always caused by a low backup battery.