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wheel speed & ground speed sensors.. ..and a current sensor
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 6/27/2000 3:35 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Rumors of Sensors for 2001 posted by Jon on 6/23/2000 7:24 PM MST:



Two very obvious improvements would be to be able to know wheel speed and to know ground speed.

With sensors like these we could do some very interesting traction control stuff -- not to mention the idea of having the joysticks control wheel speed rather than the voltage at the motor. This would allow folks to get around all those silly schemes folks use to get their beloved robot to drive straight ;-)

AND WHILE I AM AT IT...

a current sensor or four would be a very very useful addition to the above sensors. Using wheel speed and current together with the known input voltage would allow us to get maximum performance from our motors without having to risk an overzealous driver in the heat of the battle turning the drive motors into toasters!

AND ONE MORE THING...

A temp. sensor could be nice too -- same idea -- detecting and avoiding smoking motors.

Joe J.


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