Took the G-Bot outside for the first time with him fully built up... Nerve racking to say the least...
The bad new: He ended up off the driveway in a ditch tipping JUUUUSSSST shy of going over... wheww... The control is a bit unnatural due to the lag and the way the ramping seems to continue for a time after input stops. Add to that my driveway is uneven and mildly inclined plus, my notebook seemed to be working hard. There seemed to be a com delay too.
Note to self: Do not wear flip flops while experimenting with a 300 lb robot and NEVER get the front of one under a tread...
Note to self two: Get a wireless game controller and NEVER let the cord of the current one get under a tread... Very bad...
It was much better when I got him into our street which is level. One of my neighbors drove by and stopped next to him. The G-Bot escorted him down the street for a short bit... very cool.
The good news: He DIDN'T go over and my and my neighbors had some great fun!
I'll be doing some more tweaking and practice runs today. That should be fun and hopefully we'll figure out enough to get a few Trick or Treaters going on Halloween.
ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF EZ ROBOT! AWESOME!
More video next week...
:D
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Jeremie's Voltron Robot
Dunning-Kruger's Is There A Halloween Contest This Year?
@Dave, it looks like you are absolutely correct. According to the Describe manual, on the Simplified Serial page, you set the check box next to "Use exponential map in serial mode" and then on the general tab, you can set your ramp time, dead band, and max voltage.
Unclear of you can use the exponential mode mapping in simplified serial (gives finer grain control over the ramping). It appears to need another dip switch setting that may only be available in analog and RC mode)
Here is the link to the doc: https://www.dimensionengineering.com/software/DEScribe/html/
Alan
Very nice Gwen. Love the robot and the music. He moves smooth and rotates nicely. Will his arms move like in the TV series, that would be cool. Thanks for sharing and hope to see more videos from Halloween.
Gwendolyn,
That was a MOST Enjoyable video. It did make me a little nervous however. I kept waiting for a car to come along about 50 mph and hit the Robot. Glad that did not happen.
Very good Job Gwen, No kidding the robot as a whole looks like it was a professional prop from a movie.
Yes he looks very professional! Amazing work!
Great Job.. Very nice!..
Love it Gwen! I'd love to see your creation in the ezrobot Christmas Competition!
@Aislinn Ok, Here's my video...
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