20-10-2013, 00:33
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#StickToTheStratisQuo
AKA: Gregor Browning
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Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,447
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Re: Common or uncommon sensors used in FRC
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Originally Posted by mathking
Taking Rebound Rumble as an example, we had a garage door sensor mounted low in the robot. When we started picking up a ball it would block the beam and the sensor would signal that something (a ball) was blocking its beam. When the ball cleared the beam and the receiver could again see the emitter the robot knew to turn off the conveyor.
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How did you know to start rotating the conveyor again after the first ball passed through?
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