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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: pomprocker on April 01, 2008, 01:02:10 AM

Title: detect velocity with omniwheel and sharp ir
Post by: pomprocker on April 01, 2008, 01:02:10 AM

Would this work?

http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/ideas/omnispeed/omnispeed.html (http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/ideas/omnispeed/omnispeed.html)

On the $50 robot?

Title: Re: detect velocity with omniwheel and sharp ir
Post by: Admin on April 06, 2008, 12:37:42 PM

Looks kinda silly to me . . .

First, this is simply an encoder - albeit a non-traditional one.

Second, wheel rotation != robot motion

Omni wheels have a huge unpredictable slip rate, so I don't think an encoder would be very useful.