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Article #223Re: Questions about Tracked Robot Vehicles
From: The Polymath
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 19:07
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 19:07
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In article <hNk+rwB@engin.umich.edu> 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 ? In other words, is dead reckoning still a feasible option for
}navigation?
Just a nit: The correct spelling is "ded reckoning". "Ded" is short for
"deductive." The term usually refers to navigation by reference to known
landmarks, so, yes, it's still a feasible option, but I don't think that
was the question you were asking.
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@soldev.tti.com)
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