Archive for February, 2010

S.A.G.A.R. Update, Compass Woes

Bill | February 6, 2010 in Autonomous Rover, Projects | Comments (0)

I have been asked by a few people how SAGAR is going, so I guess I need to do some updates more often. Anyway, SAGAR was shelved for a while. The last tests of the closed loop heading controller showed I had something messing with the compass readings. Further tests concluded that my batteries were biasing my compass.


Irobot Create – Force Field Obstacle Avoidance

Bill | February 3, 2010 in Projects, Videos | Comments (2)

While waiting for parts to come in for SAGAR, I decided I’d kill three birds with one stone. I wanted to adapt my Irobot command code to be compatible with Webbot’s Lib, I wanted to test Webbot’s new Project designer, and I wanted to try out a Force Field Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm. This is what I came up with.