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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
For the arm and brown out with encoders, A high resolution digital absolute encoder would solve the problem.
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With high-speed, multi-turn mechanisms there is always a risk of missing the rollover. In 2013 on 341 we used absolute encoders on our drive, and I will never do it again.
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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
We are in the midst of a drive train power arms race with a power system that was not designed to handle the escalation.
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Competitive teams are always going to try to squeeze as much performance out of their robots as possible. I think Aerial Assist was particularly brutal because with a wide open field, one game piece per alliance, and no safe zones, teams were incentivized to play rock 'em, sock 'em robots. Give us a different field, or more scoring objectives, or ways to play the game that don't require out-racing or pushing your opponents, and you'll see the arms race calm down a little bit.