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Re: Problem with NavX to turn around.

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Originally Posted by rich2202 View Post
In theory, PID is great. In practice, not so much.

In this exercise, you are trying to turn a robot to a set angle. PID will increase the speed until you get there, and then oscillate back and forth trying to hit the mark. The easier way to do it is to turn at a controlled speed until you get there.

In the original code, I'm guessing that the robot is rotating too fast, and overshoots the error range (self.desired to self.desired+10) that one time in 10. The solution is to turn slower, check the angle more frequently, wider error range. Maybe when you get close, you slow down the turn.
This is kind of (erm, very) misleading.

One can easily cap the max speed of a P loop (let's be honest, for turn-to-angle you're probably not going to need any I or D) or tune the P term to avoid overshoot. In fact, one of the appeals of a P loop is precisely that the output ramps down as you approach the setpoint, such that you do not overshoot. In this capacity, it is quite a bit nicer than bang-bang control (which is what you are describing).
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