Discussion

We use a Publisher to send commands to the robot command Topic which moves our robot. Although we specify the distance, the robot does not always move correctly.

Group Discussion Points

  • What are the different hardware factors that contributes to the movement error of the robot? These might be:
    • Slippery wheel/ground.
    • Weight of the robot in relation to the robot motor.
    • etc.,
  • What are the different software factors that contributes to the movement error of the robot? These might be:
    • Different settings between 2 motors.
    • Wrong firmware configuration.
    • etc.,
  • How can we fix these movement errors?
    • Would you fix the hardware problems, and how would you fix them?
    • Would you fix the software problems, and how would you fix them?