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Minimalist Mobile Robotics
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Minimalist Mobile Robotics

by Jonathan H. Connell
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
7h 37m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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3.7 Experiments
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3.7 Experiments
The system described above has been implemented on our
multiprocessor and works well in practice. The first thing we
investigated was the true efficacy of the Swivel level. In a
series of 40 consecutive trials the robot achieved a 90% overall
success rate. A trial was considered successful if the robot
eventually achieved a reliable grasp on the can. In these experi-
ments the can was placed in the center of the arm's workspace
and displaced slightly from the hand's normal line of travel.
Specifically, we tested left and right offsets of 0.5" and 1.5".
The robot's actions were similar for both values, even
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