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Re: Tuning PID Constants Over a Range

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh View Post
I've found the opposite. I and D are quite important for pneumatic tires on carpet. We added the equivalent of I this year, and have found that D has been crucial for years to get smooth fast performance.
We ran a cascading P loop last year, and it worked beautifully. It's really not any extra work (or complexity) to run cascading control if you're already using velocity control for your drive - you just output to the existing PID controller instead of to the motors.
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