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Re: FRC971 Spartan Robotics 2016 Release Video

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh View Post
We use a potentiometer and index pulse to zero each joint. We do not have any limit switches, and we've been known to not put in hard stops. In 2014, one of the hard stops was the cRIO...
Wish we had done this in 2015. Do you do the calibration during disabledPeriodic (drive team cycles the arm), upon first motion, other? Is it done just once, at specified intervals, or continuously?
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