Tracking wheel movement

[mbenz1]

Hi for my project i am doing a virtual pet robot controlled by a mobile phone.

i am able to send commands to move the motors.

However i would like to track how far the motors have moved in each movement (to track its path). how can i do this as i dont want to try to use speed/time to get distance as i guess this wouldnt be very accurate timing each move...

tx
Ben
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Honda Canada Inc. specifications

[ft.zimmermann]

Hi Ben,

I cant understand your problem. Why cant you use getTachoCount?

Frank

[lawrie]

Hi Ben,

Are you using LCP commands or are you sending commands that you have defined yourself?

[mbenz1]

sorry i have changed my strategy i was sending commands straight to the nxt, but now im going to use a lejos app to interpret my commands so will be able to use tacho.

i will be implementing a feature so the car can track where its going. so it can do the reverse to get back to teh start position. would tracking each movement in this way be the best solution?

tHanks
Ben
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Celica XX

[lawrie]

You can get the tacho count from LCP commands - from OutputState.tachoCount, but you are best off doing what you are now doing, and interpreting your own commands.

One option is to use a Navigator such as TachoNavigator. This keeps track of position for you and can send the robot straight home.

[westes]

I have made a program that moves in a circle very slowly then when it sees something inside its protection circle, it charges at it. When it sees something it calls:

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Motor.A.resetTachoCount


I only track one Motor because tracking two motors will take more memory and may cause it to run slower. After it has reset the angle value of the motor it rotates to Angle 1000 while facing the object it is attacking. After it has moved the object out of the way, it goes back the angle of the motor.

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Motor.A.rotate(-Motor.A.getTachoCount(),true);
Motor.B.rotate(-Motor.A.getTachoCount());


HOPE THIS HELPS

[kirkpthompson]

I don't think you need to worry about running slower. LeJOS is pretty darn fast. Search for balancing NXT lejos robots on U tube.

-K

[westes]

What I have learned is that writing to the LCD can take more time than you think.

[gloomyandy]

What I have learned is that writing to the LCD can take more time than you think.

Really? Do you have an example? when you write to the LCD all you are actually doing is writing to memory, which is normally pretty fast... But then I guess it depends on how fast you expect such an operation to be...

Andy

[westes]

In my case it was.
I was writing to the LCD when it was checking a sensor's value. The program was delayed. My instructor suggested that I get rid of the LCD.drawString where it is checking the values. It got rid of the delay and ran perfectly. The source is at school. I wish I could show you.