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Article #213Re: Questions about Tracked Robot Vehicles
From: Rick Smith
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 13:16
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 13:16
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feng@srvr1 (Liqiang Feng, ) writes: >1. If I instruct a tracked vehicle to turn 90 degrees, what kind error >in orientation I should expect? say on concrete floor? 5 degrees, 10 degrees >or more ? >2. Is this error consistent or more random in nature? Seems to me it is >random. Your intuition is probably correct. >In other words, is dead reckoning still a feasible option for >navigation? ^^^^^^ I didn't think dead reckoning had _ever_ been a feasible option for navigation. I had the impression that even oceangoing vehicles only used it as a method for choosing which continent they arrived at. Rick. smith@sctc.com arden hills, minnesota
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!sctc.com!smith From: smith@sctc.com (Rick Smith) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Questions about Tracked Robot Vehicles Message-ID: <1992Apr9.131650.7721@sctc.com> Date: 9 Apr 92 13:16:50 GMT Article-I.D.: sctc.1992Apr9.131650.7721 References: <hNk+rwB@engin.umich.edu> Organization: SCTC Lines: 19