BrainsOnBoard / bob_robotics

Collection of code for interfacing with robot platforms + simulations and visualisation
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Calling ``stopMoving()`` causes the gantry to stop suddenly #343

Open alexdewar opened 2 years ago

alexdewar commented 2 years ago

It would be nice if it could slow to a gentle stop instead. Frustratingly, there is an option to do this in the driver API (you can set a flag depending on whether you want the gantry to stop slowly or immediately) but setting it appears not to make much of a difference.

In general, the gantry's movements seem slightly more jerky since we set up the system with the new PC (some years ago now) despite my best efforts to copy over all the relevant settings from the old PC in the hideous Visual Basic program provided by the vendor.

A workaround for any users could be to wait for a moment after the gantry has moved until it stops shaking, in the case that one is recording images or something.