This is a natural response a bit like the spasms that occur when somethings about to die.
That's an interesting view of how it works! I never expected anyone to say this, but it makes sense. It's starting to sound more human every day. Maybe as we add more complexity to our robots, we'll begin to see natural and unpredictable behaviors.
I've not experience this with my RN1 - he basically becomes unresponsive and eventually his legs give way as the servos lose power.
The legs do give way but it happens last and only after some unexpected spasmodic response. Is there a ghost in the machine or what?
Apparently with low power, the code in the controller, and/or the controller itself is randomly getting mixed up and the servos are responding. I wonder why some RNs would respond this way and others not. Has anyone had these experiences??? Maybe there are some differences in the low battery detect software and circuit? If the detection of a higher voltage battery low state happens, maybe the battery discharge is less and RN won't see the spasms.I'm seriously considering adding another battery pack inside RN. I don't know about anyone else, but an hour of RN operating time seems like only 5 minutes to me. Could we get 2 hours of operating time with paralleled battery packs? But then I'm not sure how they could be charged. Humanoido
Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:05 am
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