Yet Another Melty Beetle Update
Published by rich on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 08:24:40
Definitely not done yet - but things are working!
(for those who haven’t been following Melty Beetle is a one-wheel/motor translational drift combat robot)
Control / translation are not as good as Melty B 2.0 (two motors) - but I think it’s still good enough.
There’s also the possibility of further control improvements in software.
Top speed is 1500rpm. There’s a lot of kinetic energy there if I can get it to connect with the other bot.
Click here to see the latest test video
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