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Posted by howy on February 22, 2006, 2:36 pm
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> I'm working on two robots: Koli and Yaboo.
> Koli is based on a RC car platform ...
Pretty cool. Its refreshing to see someone who is spending some real
money on this sort of thing. Got any more pics?
I would suggest that you use an electric motor attached to the drive
train to allow you to implement a more simple acceleration and braking
system at first. If your max speed in this mode is a few MPH then you
can more safely debug your autonomous software. Once your software is
working reliably you can switch into gas powered crazy mode without
worrying about small software bugs creating a hole in the side of your
house.
I attached a PC to a riding mower frame that was converted to electric
power (RC airplane starter motor for drive train, laser printer motor
for steering, two 100 amp RC motor drivers and a MiniSSC/RS232 servo
controller) many years ago and found it is very handy to be able to
chase a robot down on foot when something goes wrong.
I also found it difficult to debug something that can't operate
indoors, so I am in the process of switching to a "Laptop on wheels"
approach.
-howy
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> Koli is based on a RC car platform ...