Encoder

I have a Rover 5 with the Dagu red back spider and motor controller. I have connected 2 encoders (one on each side) to the motor controller / red back spider. I found the encoder library, and tested it. I now have 2 working encoders and can read the value of them with the example sketches of the encoder library. So far so good.

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to make a robot for experimentation, something i can use in my studies aswell. I'm studying Electronics & Computer engeneering, first year, and i want a platform that i can improve in the years to come. 

I started playing around with LEDs and an arduino some time ago, this week i bought a Dagu Rover 5 with 4 motors and 4 encoders. The problem is i don't have the 4 channel DC motor controller. 

Hello everyone. My college has some project organised, to introduce mobile robotics to highschools in my country, and they asked me to design a robot which would be used for that. And it needs geared motors with encoders, and since the only thing I ever used was servos, I need help choosing them.

Hello LMR,

I need to get two motors which I can control precisely, like in a CNC.

I've been looking for small stepper motors and found these, which Pololu sells:

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1204

They seem to be good but I'm not sure about their speed (I've read somewhere that the are low speed and I would prefer fast motors).

I have built my first robot after advice of  LMR start here. So my robot is navigating with help of IR sensor and has those standard geared motors.

 I'm wondering if picaxe can read information from motors if the robot gets stuck. I guess motor makes some noise in such a situation?Can pushing against some obstacle with rubberwheels on harm picaxe?

I would be grateful for any piece of advice!

Hello,
I have a QRB 1114 and have done a little experimenting with electrical tape on my wheels.  I "thought" that I had this working before in a different setup, but maybe it was not working "correctly" before.

I am using the code below to monitor 2 encoder wheels connected to (pin4 left motor QRD1114 & pin3 right motor QRD1114) on my latest 28x1 picaxe project . It works fine .

My question is :- how can i calculate how long the code takes to execute?

I'm building a robot for environment mapping. It's a simple "start here"-class robot: 2 wheels, 2 dc motors and a range sensor mounted on a servo. I plan to hook it up with my PC 1st by USB and later on by wireless somehow.

I want it to drive around and send the range sensor readings to the PC which in turn will be building a map of the environment. The hard part will be knowing the robot's position relative to it's earlier position(s). I know this would be easy with a GPS or an accelerometer, however I wish to find a more lowtech/DIY solution, so here is my idea: