Thread: Any Team Using A Timer?
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Unread 30-01-2011, 22:04
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Re: Any Team Using A Timer?
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Originally Posted by lineskier View Post
One thing to note is the robots perception of time, and the actual field time tends to differ. Trying to get it as exact as you are inferring will most likely be difficult. I think in the end the driver's perception of match time will be better than the robots. Rather than putting it on a timer, consider using a color sensor or camera to watch the color on the tower base and use that as the indicator.
My initial choice was to use a camera, but I then realized that due to the configuration of the robot and the chassis, it would be very hard for the camera to actually see the base of the towers. Essentially, no one had taken a serious consideration of that idea when I proposed it several times during the first few days after kickoff... So even the sensors are second rate components for the team. I find it very hard to incorporate the lintrackers to our current chassis...
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