Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Shela Testing (W/ Important Things Mounted): Compass, GPS, Gimbal, Gun - Matt

Monday 4/21

 Matt tried to test various aspects of the robot on the new chassis.  The compass would not work for some reason.  When he tested just the compass it would work, but if it was in the overall program it would not work.  The gun and gimbal were also not working.  If he fired the gun without the gimbal moving, it would work.  The gun was somehow feeding back to the servos controlling the gimbal, making the gun and camera look in one direction instead of sweeping.  After a short test (about 1 minute), the gimbal fell apart just like the old chassis did (we used VEX).  He tried to think of ways to fix the gimbal but nothing worked.

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