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Re: Mecanum Encoders

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
A gyro measures rotational velocity and the WPI API provides an integrated version, which is the change in angle from the initial starting orientation. Minor errors in velocity (gyro "drift") become big errors in angle... but many teams have added features to address this during Teleop.
So how do I account for this?
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