Thread: Unique ways of controlling your robot (driving)
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Unread 03-04-2008, 20:59
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Re: Unique ways of controlling your robot (driving)
Well, one of the reasons why I as the driver (and I think most of my team) didn't like the tank control/duel joystick was partially because our robot was so powerful. The gearing ratio made it so actually stearing the it was one thing, but making it turn gradually and not suddenly turn around in a great circle was another thing. We tried all different things with the programming, but it never worked as well as we hoped. I eventually came up with a system that I used in the competition. The results were the best I could hope for. When you turned the joystick to the top left hand corner, it made a nice curve and just by turning it a bit, I could change the turning direction so if there were robots in the way I could easily menuver around them.

When we first entered the competition we only used 1/4th the power our robot was capable of. Because the rug made it so the robot was slower but a lot more controllable we upped it to 1/2 the power and added a turbo trigger. If the joystick is in a certain area the robot will automatically go straight at max speed. I think I could bring up the code, I have it on my computer somewhere....