Drift: How a Small Wheel-Size Error Bends a Square Path
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You turn a 0.4 % wheel-size error into a heading drift per leg, find the real heading of each leg of a planned 2 m square and see how far from the start Pip really ends.
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Lessons in this course
- Encoders: Ticks per Revolution, Distance per Tick & Wheel Speed Locked
- Differential Drive Odometry: Heading Change and an x/y Step Table Locked
- Drift: How a Small Wheel-Size Error Bends a Square Path Locked
- Two-Link Arm: Joint Angles to Elbow and Tool Position Locked
- Reaching a Point: Reachable-Area Check, Grid Search & the Nearest Solution Locked
- Motors & Gearing: Gear Ratio, Wheel Speed, Torque & the Ramp Test Locked
- PID Control: Error, Integral, Derivative & the Output Step by Step Locked
- Tuning Comparison & Battery Runtime: Three Gain Sets, Current Draw & a Chart Locked