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Originally posted by Stephen Kowski
dead reckoning - too inconsistent put a few bins in the way and while your robot thinks it is going straight up the ramp it is now going off at an angle. You get a battery that has a higher or lower charge the motors will act differently. just too inconsistent
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Yep. This is why we opted for a robot that follows the line. We're using 5 sensors this year ... they're all lined up on the front of TOBOR VI. It's pretty nifty!
I believe we have a dead reckoning program written just in case we need to use it, but I'm not sure.
- Katie