[Robotgroup] Boe-Bot problems

[brooksdesign]

Hey , don't feel bad .I get to tell a bunch of PHD's that the project they have been working on for over a year and paying us $40 k in reseach has been solved by a high school drop out with a handfull of dime store magnets and 10 hours of lathe time .
-brooks 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mohammad El-Abid <elabidster at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 6, 2006 5:46 PM
>To: vern at txis.com, 'Austin Robotgroup Mailing List' <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Boe-Bot problems
>
>Yes I actually found that out ~ 10 min. after the I sent the e-mail lol,
>feel a little bit foolish, I just ran a program to turn each one clockwise
>then I saw that one goes forward one goes back. Now I'm working on the
>sensors, can't wait to show boe-bot off tomorrow :D
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com
>[mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Vern Graner
>Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 4:20 PM
>To: Austin Robotgroup Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Boe-Bot problems
>
>Mohammad El-Abid wrote:
>> Hello I just got my Boe-bot(yippe!) but, I did this code and it turned,
>> turned, forward, backward , it should be, forward, backward, turn, turn.
>I'm
>> guessing it's the servos right? What's going on?
>
>Its doing exactly what you told it to do actually. :) Since the servo
>motors are mounted "back to back" you have to turn them in opposite
>directions in order to get the bot chassis to move in a straight line.
>
>:)
>
>Vern
>
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