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Re: Encoders on mecanum drive?

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Originally Posted by Whippet View Post
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The posted code performs a field oriented drive. At any point in time we can set the robot to a known orientation on the field (the direction it is facing).

This is different than absolute field position. It would seem in autonomous we are concerned with absolute position of the robot in relation to the field and/or field elements so we know where to make the robot go to in order to pick up a tote or other task.

Field oriented drive (the code posted) does not help with that aspect of the task.