Thread: ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor
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Re: ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
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?
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals can impact magnetometer readings (each type impacts in different ways).

However they should not impact the inertial sensor readings; theoretically, only compass readings could be impacted.
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