[Dprglist] KD01 Rotate in Place video

[Doug Emes]

Ooops hit the wrong enter.  I was going to add try FIXING the caster
in that 90 degree position for the tests and see if it is changed.  Is
the touch point an equilateral triangle when turned 90?

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:47 PM Doug Emes <dougemes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The insight about the caster is huge, great thought my friend.
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:13 AM John Swindle via DPRGlist
> <dprglist at lists.dprg.org> wrote:
> >
> > The slight surge is likely due to windup. The gears were at limit when the first rotation stopped, so the second rotation would have a delay and then a jerk.
> >
> > Also, the caster has to rotate, and that creates an effect that the control system might not know about.
> >
> > Suggest a windup preamble in all motor commands.
> >
> > I am not a mech eng, but I joined DPRG to learn relevant mechanical things, and I've learned more than I expected.
> >
> > Later,
> > John Swindle
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Murray Altheim via DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org>
> > To: dprglist at lists.dprg.org
> > Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 1:52 am
> > Subject: Re: [Dprglist] KD01 Rotate in Place video
> >
> > I've just updated the KD01 Rotate-in-Place Test video on YouTube, which now
> > performs a bit better than the previous version: the KD01 accelerates properly
> > up to speed counter-clockwise, maintains that for 10 seconds, then decelerates
> > to a stop, then does the same thing clockwise:
> >
> >   KD01 Rotate in Place Test
> >   https://youtu.be/HICrQzAZPow
> >
> > The position of the robot at the end of the test is about 4cm from its initial
> > position, which isn't too bad all things considered. There is a noticeable
> > surge when the robot starts again clockwise after a pause. I'm not sure what
> > this is caused by -- nothing in the code is indicative -- but I'm overall
> > happy with the result. I think it helped that I ran the test this time on
> > some smooth particle board.
> >
> > The NZPRG Python robot code can be found at:
> >
> >     https://github.com/ifurusato/ros
> >
> > with the rotate-in-place test file at:
> >
> >   https://github.com/ifurusato/ros/blob/master/rotate_in_place.py
> >
> > The KD01 is a differential drive robot that uses a Raspberry Pi with a
> > PiBorg ThunderBorg motor controller, an OSEPP drive train and hall effect
> > motor encoders, a tiny Adafruit Mini PiTFT 135x240 Color display that I
> > use as a console window, which includes two small buttons I've wired up
> > to initiate/control the test. The rear caster is an OSEPP wheel installed
> > into the frame of a commercially-available caster.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Murray
> >
> > On 23/01/21 4:04 pm, Murray Altheim via DPRGlist wrote:
> > > Sometimes it's important to prove one is making progress. Not that this is
> > > advancing the science at all but I've just posted a video showing the KD01
> > > differential drive robot rotating in place using its PID controllers: [...]
> > ...........................................................................
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