Ellis
USA
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I have a linear actuator to control how tall my Tin Man robot will be. The problem is that even though I can control the actuator with the Ezb I wonder if I can control the location of the actuator with a sonic distance sensor. It's accuracy is 2cm (3/4") to 450cm (177").
If it would work I am planning on attaching sensor on the underside of my robot's shoulder aimed down at the base of the robot. My robot is 5' at its tallest position.
I also am thinking about looking into laser or proximity sensor.
What do you think?
Interesting but don't think it's going to be very accurate or responsive. This should be a fun experiment though. Please share your results. Your best bet is to add a linear pot to the outside of the actuator and measure the shaft stroke movement. Good luck and have fun.
You could do that, long as nothing got in the way. Laser is probably not the best because it doesn’t like some reflective or dark materials, such as clean floors
I would stick to ultrasonic if facing at the ground.
To ensure there’s no bouncing between signal response differences, I would use be Filtere plugin on the response. That’ll smooth the value.
It’s a neat idea that you’re attempting - never heard of it done before. I don’t see why it won’t work, it’ll be interesting to see the response.
Thanks, just the positive response I needed to get going.
I am working on it.