Jeff, So happens I am already scheduled to do a PID talk at class for the next RSSC meeting (4/9/05). I intend to address feed forwards in that talk. There...
Hello SDRS, In case any folks would like a Las Vegas vacation, I would like to announce the LVBots Challenge. It is our club's first autonomous robot event,...
I hate to do another "me too"...but I'm interested in your PID solution also. I remember you giving a brief presentation on how your PID worked and was...
For anyone who wants to understand stepper motors they should read the two links below. A great detail over view how stepper motors work http://smallbiz- ...
Hi, A number of people have asked about getting one of the printed circuit boards that Bruce, Robin and I are using in our Leaf robots. This board can drive up...
I am pleased to announce that John Wright of the NASA/JPL MER (Mars Exploration Rover) team has agreed to speak at the RSSC on Sat. April 9th. The talk will...
Hi guys, Ditto on Bill's question about the projector. I'd also like to use it for my morning class on PID. Please let me know also if at least the cable ...
Alex, As it stands, it looks like these people want boards: Me Steve V. Walter To make the leap to a total of 4 boards, Steve and I will split the cost and...
Should I bring the Line Following Tiles to the RSSC meeting ? Need to know by close of business Thursday. I brought the tiles to the last meeting - but no...
Scott, I'm already up to 11 boards with one each for you and Steve. So the price is down to $40 on its way to $30 at 16 boards and $26 at 20 and (who knows)...
Hey Walter, Got your order. Thanks, Alex ... From: Walter Martinez To: SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [SDRS-List]...
Hi all, I'll be doing another talk on PID for the 11am class session. I'm going to do it a bit differently this time. Rather than explaining PID and then...
Alex, Wow! That is awesome! You are building a large team of people working on the same project! Hey, along the same lines, would it make sense to buy the...
Alex & Bill, Yes we have a cable for the video projector and it will be there for the meeting. -Pete ... use it ... the cable ... (Mars ... April 9th. ... ...
I have a presentation also. I understand that the JPL presentation will be at 1 PM. Jim Ubersetzig ... Exploration Rover) ... Spirit, ... work ... one CSUF ...
If someone would be kind enough to place this list on the web site, then everyone will know which publications are available from the RSSC. ... Subsystems for...
Robotics Information AvailableJim, You've now been talking about this project for 10 years. And you've given 59 presentations on it to the RSSC (I'm looking...
Hello Jim, If you have this material in electronic format, i.e. .pdf or .doc, etc. email them to me and I will add a section on the RSSC website so people can...
... From: John Wright Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:56 PM To: Bill Douglas Subject: JPL Open House Hi Bill, I think someone at the robotics society meeting ...
There are multiple questions here, so I'll answer them separately. Question: You've now been talking about this project for 10 years. Answer: That is...
There are multiple questions here, so I will answer them separately. Question: Where are you actually going with this? Answer: To understand where I am...
I'm putting together a robot for the grid navigation contest, when ever that will be...? And I need some help getting it to follow a line! Here is what I'm...
There are multiple questions here, so I will answer them separately. Question: I saw that you placed an order for a Leaf microcontroller board. Are you...
There are multiple questions here, so I will answer them separately. Question: And when might we then expect to see a running robot? Answer: That depends...
Don't know what is causing the trouble, but here is a suggestion. The servos expect a command update every 20 milliseconds ( mS ), so there is no point polling...
Charlie, I suspect that the issue is with the sensor placement. If the problem occurs when tracking a straight line, then consider the following logic. The...