Go to Post you should see my scout sheet its the bomb diggity - Mirza95vx [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Technical Discussion
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 09-06-2007, 16:01
AdamHeard's Avatar
AdamHeard AdamHeard is offline
Lead Mentor
FRC #0973 (Greybots)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Atascadero
Posts: 5,508
AdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond reputeAdamHeard has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to AdamHeard
Re: Drive Train/mechanim wheels

Quote:
Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
Closing the loop... either with encoders on each wheel, or a gyro, or some other form of control... is necessary to enable the robot to travel in a straight line.

A good mecanum drive is much more challenging than a good tank drive. Read carefully the many threads that have discussed the topic, and then go for it. Very few people have ever seen mecanum wheels in action... and they are usually very impressed by what they can do.

Jason
Exactly... they is a huge difference between a team that has awesome closed loop control & programming (team 40 in 2006) and a team that just puts mecanums on the robot.
Closed Thread


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Drive Train and wheels Evil Asian Technical Discussion 13 09-03-2007 10:23
drive train Adama Technical Discussion 30 14-12-2006 20:56
pic: Jester Drive:Mecanum Wheel Drive Train Ken Delaney 357 Technical Discussion 64 29-03-2006 22:16
Drive Train Thunder360 Motors 5 21-03-2003 20:41
Drive Train archiver 2000 1 24-06-2002 00:37


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:45.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi