Hey AJ! Nice to have you here, haha.
For a description on what the CE Bot is, check here:
https://sites.google.com/a/crazyengi...rojects/CE-Bot
So far we are just discussing ideas. Please do take your time in reading the posts in this thread. I know you have a lot to catch up.. theres about 70 posts!
If you post something here, you are automatically part of the project
Please do share your ideas!
Locomotion
Just to update on my previous post, the steering thing where two wheels turn with different angles is called Ackerman Steering:
Ackermann steering geometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Okay, its not as complicated as I thought!
Looks like we can reduce the number of servos after all. But I do wonder if we can still implement this system in the CE Bot..
Got some books on Robot sensors.. will spend some time reading it tonight.
[EDIT]
Here's a pretty good link on RC model car handling:
RcTek - Radio Controlled Model Car Handling Main Section Page
I don't understand half of it, but it has nice diagrams
Theres stuff on Camber angling.. could probably achieve that on the CE Bot with extra servos (if we really need it).