Thread: Has anyone ever used a Computer Mouse to locate themselves on the field
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Re: Has anyone ever used a Computer Mouse to locate themselves on the field
This has been my pet project for a while. As long as your robot pivots around a single point and doesnt strafe, then a follower wheel and a high accuracy gyro should be able to integrate for position. Alternatively if you can find a high speed trackball (over 15fps, which I have so far been unable to do), you could use that and strafing wouldn't be an issue.

If you are really interested in using a laser mouse, i would suggest looking up the razor gaming mouse (as it is the only one that i know is fast enough), then milling it a plastic mount with rounded edges to get over bumps, and spiring tensioning the mount against the ground.