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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
We actively powered them down with a 5/16" bore pneumatic cylinder.
We had them installed far left/right extreme for precision in turns, and roughly centered between the front/middle wheels on our heavier side.
It allowed us to do 6 or so linear movements and drive about a combined 40' (and probably 720* of turns) and still measure within 2" (maybe better) our final position.
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Gotcha, is the wheel scrub from the skidding of the tank drive the cause of the reduced accuracy of drive encoders?
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31-10-2014, 18:10
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