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Enderplatypus

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Palm Island Inconsistency

I am working on the CS2N Summer of learning Lego Mindstorms NXT Course. I have currently encountered some
problems with Palm Island Lauau Edition, in which my robot will sometimes go straight, or sometimes go to far to the left or to far to the right, even though I am running the same piece of code. Here is the code so whoever looks at this might be able to see something wrong.
Thanks,
Enderplatypus


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Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:21 am

parkway

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Re: Palm Island Inconsistency

Hi,

I used the code tags to post your code below:


	Code: #pragma config(Sensor, S1, touchSensor, sensorTouch) #pragma config(Sensor, S2, compassSensor, sensorVirtualCompass) #pragma config(Sensor, S3, lightSensor, sensorLightActive) #pragma config(Sensor, S4, sonarSensor, sensorSONAR) #pragma config(Motor, motorA, gripperMotor, tmotorNormal, PIDControl, encoder) #pragma config(Motor, motorB, rightMotor, tmotorNormal, PIDControl, encoder) #pragma config(Motor, motorC, leftMotor, tmotorNormal, PIDControl, encoder) //!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!// // This is for the NXT model, not TETRIX /***********************************\ \| ROBOTC Virtual World \| \| \| \| DO NOT OVERWRITE THIS FILE \| \| MAKE SURE TO "SAVE AS" INSTEAD \| \***********************************/ task main() { motor[motorB] = 50; motor[motorC] = 50; wait10Msec(360); motor[motorB] = 50; motor[motorC] = -50; wait1Msec(970); motor[motorB] = 50; motor[motorC] = 50; wait1Msec(4000); motor[motorB] = -50; motor[motorC] = 50; wait1Msec(960); motor[motorB] = 50; motor[motorC] = 50; wait1Msec(9000); motor[motorB] = 50; motor[motorC] = -50; wait1Msec(970); //motor[motorB] = 50; //motor[motorC] = 50; //wait10Msec(900); }

Remember, your robot is only going to do what you tell it to do. Let's take a look at what you are telling your robot to do. First, you have the robot moving forward at 50 percent power for a time. Then, without slowing down, you have the robot turn. Think about what would happen if you attempted to do that with a car. Drive the car at a certain speed and then, without slowing down, turn. The same physics that would cause the car to make an unreliable turn cause the virtual robot in palm island to also make an unreliable turn.

In cars, we hit the brakes and slow it down before we make a turn. With robots, the easiest thing to do is to have the robot stop before it makes another movement. So, we would have the robot move forward, stop, and then turn.

Try having your robot stop in between movements and see if that helps.

Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:27 pm

Enderplatypus

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Re: Palm Island Inconsistency

Thank You,
That definitely sounds like the problem.

Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:32 pm

parkway

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Re: Palm Island Inconsistency

You're welcome. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions as you work through the class.

Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:57 pm

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