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Re: Recommended Sensors

The main question comes down to what do you want to sense, and then how do you do that.

We've had good luck with the KOP Gyro/Accel, but are looking at alternatives due to cost.

For quadrature encoders, we typically use the US Digital ones from andymark, but would not be averse to finding alternatives due to how fragile the connector is. Absolute encoders have varied. Below are two other sensors we used this year and where we bought them. We also use SparkFun as a source.

Light/Dark Sensor (SEN0019) DFRobot.com
IR Distance Sensor (GP2Y0A21YK0F) Adafruit.com
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