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Lightbulb Mini-Me robot arm controller

I am still working ideas for the pre-season workshops we hold for our team. I appretiate the replies to date about my previous posting on human arm based controllers.

I have seen more examples of control systems with a mini-me controller for their robot arm as compared to the two or three human interfaces. I was quite impressed with an example where the controller mimiced completely the look of the robot. Team 1100
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/111068167879.jpg controller

See this thread for RadioShack awards.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=human+control

Question:
I assume that pots are on both the robot and the controller. If you had a mini-me controller, did you use a PID control to move the arm or did you use a set rate of rotation / motor speed?

Query:
I would like to see pictures and talk with more teams who used such a control system. email or p.m.

Thanks,


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