[chbot] Odometry

[Carl Ranson]

Ive decided I will have a go at a home brew encoder as I do have quite a 
large area on the wheels that can be used. Time will tell if it's high 
enough resolution.

I found this prog which looks good for generating patterns
http://users.adelphia.net/~skbosko/Robot_top.htm

Andrew Errington wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:56, you wrote:
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>>I'd like to modify my base to correct for the slight differences in the
>>motors and thought that odometry might be the way to do it.
>>
>>Anyone had experience with through hole type encoders (where the shaft
>>goes through the encoder)?
>>
>>What about the home made reflective ones?
>>Ta
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>Here's a good writeup with lots of detail and a handy-dandy postscript 
>program for generating segmented discs.
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>http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/Encoder/pitt_html/encoders.html
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