From kay at elvis.rowan.edu Wed Dec 1 10:32:57 2010 From: kay at elvis.rowan.edu (Jennifer Kay) Date: Wed Dec 1 09:51:39 2010 Subject: [Pyro-users] Pyrobot simulator: are there any objects that a gripper can hold? Message-ID: <4CF66AA9.2000807@elvis.rowan.edu> Tried using the pucks, but when the robot moves they bounce out of the gripper, even if it's closed. Are there any objects in the simulated pyrobot world that the gripper can hold? Thanks, -- Jennie -- Jennifer Kay Associate Professor Rowan University email: kay@elvis.rowan.edu Computer Science Department voice: 856-256-4593 201 Mullica Hill Road fax: 856-256-4741 Glassboro, NJ 08028 web: http://www.rowan.edu/~kay/ From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Wed Dec 1 13:07:23 2010 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Wed Dec 1 12:25:46 2010 Subject: [Pyro-users] Pyrobot simulator: are there any objects that a gripper can hold? In-Reply-To: <4CF66AA9.2000807@elvis.rowan.edu> References: <4CF66AA9.2000807@elvis.rowan.edu> Message-ID: <4CF68EDB.1090401@cs.brynmawr.edu> On 12/01/2010 10:32 AM, Jennifer Kay wrote: > Tried using the pucks, but when the robot moves they bounce out of the > gripper, even if it's closed. Are there any objects in the simulated > pyrobot world that the gripper can hold? You know how much time that took to get the pucks to bounce? :) I though that if you approach the puck straight on, proceed slowly, and close the gripper when the first beam is broken, that you can pick them up. Is that not the case? Perhaps we can refine something in the way they interact to be more realistic and easier to manipulate? -Doug > Thanks, > > -- Jennie > -- Douglas S. Blank Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From kay at elvis.rowan.edu Wed Dec 1 13:42:39 2010 From: kay at elvis.rowan.edu (Jennifer Kay) Date: Wed Dec 1 13:01:05 2010 Subject: [Pyro-users] Pyrobot simulator: are there any objects that a gripper can hold? In-Reply-To: <4CF68EDB.1090401@cs.brynmawr.edu> References: <4CF66AA9.2000807@elvis.rowan.edu> <4CF68EDB.1090401@cs.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <4CF6971F.4090001@elvis.rowan.edu> I must admit that the bouncing is beautiful :-). Alas just this once I'd rather they weren't so bouncy. If I manually steer my robot using the joystick and really get that puck as far in as I can, then close the grippers and move forward, it usually bounces out of the grippers. Just tried (again manually) to just break the first bean and then grab, still no joy. -- Jennie On 12/1/2010 1:07 PM, Douglas S. Blank wrote: > On 12/01/2010 10:32 AM, Jennifer Kay wrote: >> Tried using the pucks, but when the robot moves they bounce out of the >> gripper, even if it's closed. Are there any objects in the simulated >> pyrobot world that the gripper can hold? > > You know how much time that took to get the pucks to bounce? :) > > I though that if you approach the puck straight on, proceed slowly, > and close the gripper when the first beam is broken, that you can pick > them up. Is that not the case? > > Perhaps we can refine something in the way they interact to be more > realistic and easier to manipulate? > > -Doug > >> Thanks, >> >> -- Jennie >> > > -- Jennifer Kay Associate Professor Rowan University email: kay@elvis.rowan.edu Computer Science Department voice: 856-256-4593 201 Mullica Hill Road fax: 856-256-4741 Glassboro, NJ 08028 web: http://www.rowan.edu/~kay/