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Re: ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor

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Originally Posted by slibert View Post
Magnetometer re-calibration is theoretically only necessary when changes to the structure of the robot are made which add/remove metals.
Our robot has significant pieces of aluminum as well as a motor that move from 12 inches away from the the navx to only about 2 inches away during normal operation. However, at this time, we're only using the yaw from the navX. Do non-ferrous metals matter? If so, does it only matter for teams using the compass?
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