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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
...we put the encoders on non-driven follower wheels. We put the wheels in line with the drive wheel, usually on a swing-arm and spring loaded them to keep in contact with the floor. The VEX omni wheels work great for this. In fact, doing it this way allowed us to remove the gyro, which was nice.
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From what everyone is saying about Gyros (the slipping and such), it sounds like this method of plotting position would be the most accurate
The next challenge would be plotting the position on a sort of
mini-map on the driver's screen. How do you guys think one would go about accomplishing this? One would have to be able to map the location in scale to the diagram's width and height, right? Or is there a less CPU-intensive method?
I'd be willing to try and write up a separate program, but it'd be cool to get it on the dashboard, if possible
ps: thank you guys for all your help!