mBots moving slightly to left or right. Trimming possible?


#1

Hi,

I just got my two mBots from the kickstarter campaign. Assembling was fun and everything seems to work, my daughters (10 and 11 ) are happy with ‘pinky’ and ‘blue’ :slight_smile: One already fell to the floor and ‘broke a leg’ (a wheel) but thanks to the added repair kit, it was pretty easy to fix it.

My question: both bot don’t really run straight, both move slightly to the left or right. Is there a way to fix it, maybe some sort of trimming?

Thanks is in advance!
Andreas


#2

Don’t know if you have already solved this problem. We had the same problem last night when we assembled our mBots. We discovered that a cable from one of the sensors was rubbing on one of the tires causing the mBot to pull in that direction when we wanted it to go straight. We re-arranged some cables and our problem was fixed.
Hope this helps.
Tom.


#3

there is no closed loop regulation for the wheels.
You can set both motor speeds separatly to tweek direction deviation.