Friday Night Robotics – Gyro in MANOI’s Back

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Friday, June 11th, 2010

Friday, June 11th, I originally wanted to work on BubbleBoy and the swashplate, but it seems as though the axels that I bought ages ago were too big. They could only fit in the big servos, but BubbleBoy uses micro servos.

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MANOI’s gyro and accelerometer were in need of being more securely mounted, and the area in MANOI’s back is a great place to mount them. You can hardly see them, but the gyro is mounted on the right wall, and the accelerometer is mounted on the back wall. There’s a piece of foam in there to protect them, and keep them more secure.

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The Serial Servo Controller (SSC-32) is what is mounted on top of these, and it was previously only attached to MANOI by velcro. Now there’s some wire tied through its waist and through the SSC-32 to hold it in place!

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That was about it for that Friday. The readings from the accelerometer and gyro are definitely less jumpy, and MANOI’s center of gravity is moving around less now. :D

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