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by Crone
Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:44 am
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Sudden Initial Motor Movement with Position Control
Replies: 3
Views: 4821

Re: Sudden Initial Motor Movement with Position Control

My suspicion is the roboclaw thinks it is somewhere other than where you think it is when you first start your program. You should always check the current position or home the motor before making your initial movement. Thanks for the quick response! Digging through the forums, I believe that I'm e...
by Crone
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:59 am
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Sudden Initial Motor Movement with Position Control
Replies: 3
Views: 4821

Sudden Initial Motor Movement with Position Control

Hi, I'm running into a semi-recurring problem while using the Roboclaw Python library to control a pair of motors over usb. I'm trying to have the motors follow a series of waypoints, but I constantly have to deal with a sudden initial movement before the controller returns to the desired setpoint. ...