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Gene HardingProgramming LEGO® EV3 My Blockshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3438-9_4

4. Turning in Place

Gene Harding1 
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South Bend, Indiana, USA
 

Learning Topics

My Blocks , geometry , unit conversion , calibration , torque , traction , dead reckoning , and parallel execution

Requirement

Turn left or right to an angle specified in degrees

The next step in effective navigation is being able to turn. This chapter focuses on turning in place from a dead stop. There are two basic approaches. The first is to lock one wheel while driving the other wheel. In this mode, the robot’s pivot axis is the wheel that is not rotating, as shown in Figure 4-1 (a–d). The second approach is to drive both wheels, but in opposite directions. In ...

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