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Unread 08-02-2010, 18:04
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Cool Re: Autonomous (Iterative)

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle View Post
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** My recommendation is to try and drive it with a joystick. If a decent driver can't do it, then I doubt the computer can. The computer may ultimately be more consistent, but it is unlikely to be faster, more adaptive, or better at driving. This also helps to figure out the speeds and times that make sense. In fact, you may wish to plot or record the joystick values as the driver does the task. You may choose to simplify the values, but in fact ramping up the speed or other subtleties may turn out to be quite important for consistent driving. Better to mimic those in the SW after you know what they are than try to code them in blindly.
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How would someone go about recording and plotting the joystick outputs. My team has been working to try and figure this out. If you could provide us with an example, that would be incredibly helpful.
Thanks.
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