Robot too sensitive. How do I fix this?

[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by Pwolter

Hey all.
I have been searching for a bit and I haven't yet found a way to reduce the sensitivity on one of our older robots. Every time I attempt to drive our robot (one stick arcade) the robots sensitivity goes way off and the robot starts spinning in circles... It makes it a pain to drive.
Also is there a way to limit the max output of a motor via programming? We want one of our robots to be safe in crowds of people.

Here's a post to how our team has dealt with over-sensitive joysticks - the quick and dirty way:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ion#post742101

The entire thread is very useful.

Also try search terms like: "joystick sensitivity" and "joystick input mapping"

Good Luck!