Finally getting around to start some hobby robotics, and I just completed my Phoenix! I was really excited when it took off walking across my living room floor. I was trying out various controls, however, and I noticed when I hit the start button, instead of crouching down(I think It’s supposed to do this?), the robot does it’s best to go straight up, and nothing will bring it back down again, other than resetting the botboarduino. I fried two hip servos in my first 5 minutes, because it tried to force it’s way skyward. I’ve double and triple checked my wiring, verified the two dead servos with lynxterm, and other than that, everything seems to be working perfectly. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
Maybe your joint setups are allowing the servos to drive into the stops?
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How do I limit the travel? I looked in lynx term, and did the offsets, but I didn’t see an option to adjust the endpoints. I’m an RC car guy, usually I’d just limit my endpoints via radio.
Figured it out! My servos were reversed, I’m using Turnigy servos, and They’re apparently backward. Found a thread detailing the problem, and it took care of it!