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Howto: Heat map style plots in Matlab.

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Rick

I’m writing this up as a note as much for myself as it is for the edification of others. Since nobody seems to clearly explain how to go about doing this in Matlab. Okay, so you want to make a … Continue reading →

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Moving a Robot Part 3: Two wheels, moving differently

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Rick

So in our previous episodes, we talked about some of the issues and ways we can make a robot move. How does this even apply to a real robot? In many small robot applications, we like to use robots with … Continue reading →

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Moving a Robot, Part 2: Heading Issues

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Rick

So in our previous episode, we discussed how to move a two wheeled robot. However, we mentioned that there’s a problem with computing the angle delta: The problem is angle wraparound. There are two primary ways of representing a heading:  … Continue reading →

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