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Exaggeration for effect
Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 2/29/2000 2:03 PM MST


In Reply to: Toe Stubber posted by Dodd Stacy on 2/29/2000 12:33 PM MST:



Dodd,

We were afraid that nobody would notice how clever we were so we exaggerated the amount of steering angle difference from side to side in order to get someone's attention ;-)

Yes, of course you are right, when one wheel points toward the other, the instance center had better be under that wheel or else some very nasty groaning sounds start to emanate from the area of the robot!

As to driver skill and what control schemes we use, you will be surprised at how innovative our approach has been: We have simply we have flown in circus performers on winter break in Florida. It took some heavy duty arm twisting with the school district to get them officially enrolled at Pontiac Central, but hey, did we want to win or not? ;-)

Joe J.


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