Re: [simspark-devel] Countdown for Atlanta

[Hedayat V. <hed...@ai...>]

Hi,
OK, I'll just convert the output of the gyro sensor from Radians to 
Degrees so that it would be more consistent with the rest of the
server (which has some inconsistencies yet!)

I'll try to work on the pressure/force sensor in these days (right after 
forgetting about the offending interview in the US embassy in dubai! )
Any comments?

Good luck,
Bye,
Hedayat

/*jbo...@un...*/ wrote on 05/22/2007 04:44:15 PM:
> Hi Hedayat,
>
> Hedayat Vatankhah wrote:
>
>>
>> /*jbo...@un...*/ wrote on 05/17/2007 12:24:40 PM:
>>> It might be nice to extend the current gyro sensor to also include 
>>> the angle of the corresponding body. The touch sensor in the current 
>>> release gives very simple binary information. Hedayat already 
>>> proposed to include more detailed information like e.g. pressure. 
>>> Hedayat, could you continue to work on these things?
>
>> Hi,
>> Yes, I will!
>> But I need some help about the gyro sensor extension. At first, I 
>> thought that I know what is the "angle of the body"; but I'm not sure 
>> about it!
>> How should I represent the orientation of the body?! What does 
>> (90,90,0) mean? 90 degrees of rotation around x and then y axis or 90 
>> degrees around y then x?! Or maybe I should use quaternions like ODE? 
>> (maybe I'm just completely confused! sorry if it's the case)
>>
>
> Actually, I find it a little confusing, too. But actually, to get 
> these three values, people only need to integrate the velocities over 
> time, so maybe we don't need to provide this angle information after all.
>
> So let's leave the gyro like it is for now, but if you have a nice 
> idea how to extend the touch sensor into a pressure sensor, go for it :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Joschka