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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
Not sure if it counts, but 1477's driver told me at one of our regionals that he has been messing around with R/C cars forever, and likewise, has a controller to match. They are definitely one of the most agile bots I've seen, so I guess it works quite well.
It looks a bit like this: http://www.getprice.com.au/images/up...572/dc1500.jpg |
We've hacked a pistol grip RC car controller and a custom control box to Logitech gamepad guts. That has worked pretty well.
Otherwise, our control system is not too fancy:
Potentiometer PID on the shooter-mount
Bang-bang control with optical speed sensor on shooter
Fairly unsophisticated autonomous driving with gyro and encoders.
Developed but not used on competition robot:
More sophisticated autonomous driving
Full auto frisbee firing
"Cheesy Drive" inspired drivetrain control software