Friday, April 4th, 2008
As set up for the last post, my micromouse Decimus is performing reasonably well on the ground. So far. The data plots show some features that are a little bit curious. However, my concerns over the apparent error in the endpoint were a little misleading. The recorded error is derived ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
With new tyres and a tweak to the acceleration profilers it is time to grab some data from Decimus again. The tyre seem to give me reliable grip up to 4m/s/s. They will probably manage more but I seem to have other control issues then. In any case, a dusty ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
It is true, I am losing my grip. A while ago I posted a link to a Japanese site demonstrating the grip available from a particular micromouse. A common way of doing this is to lock the wheels and place the mouse on a tilting surface. As the slope ...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
The schools competition includes a head-to-head drag race called Formula 1. If you want to know how fast you have to be, read this.
The Formula 1 Rat Race track is straight and 7.2m long. At the start end is an area 375mm long where the rat starts from. ...
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