Decimus speed feed forward

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 ...

Decimus data - 2

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 ...

Tyres and traction

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 ...

Formula1 Rat Race - How fast is that?

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. ...