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Unread 23-01-2016, 22:05
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Re: Driving Method

Hi!

My team has had a similar problem in past years. We have had a lot of success in combining a PID loop and the use of a gyro to have the robot know when it is not going the right direction and fix itself. A few drawbacks, the gyro had to be reset often, we used mecanum drive so we had to turn this feature off every time we tried to strafe, and the PID loop took quite a bit of tuning, as all PID loops do.

Despite the challenges, we had a lot of success with this, so I would definitely recommend it. It was especially useful in our auto periods.

Hope this advice helps!
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