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Unread 10-01-2017, 09:36
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Originally Posted by Poseidon5817 View Post
what is keeping you from using a gyro and/or encoders?

We want accurate X/Y position of our mecanum drive, and research told me that encoders are not accurate enough with mecanum wheels due to slipping of casters.
In addition, I think that you cannot determine your current position independent of time with just the encoder positions for mecanum, since it matters what combination of velocities you have each timestep.
That said, we are planning to use a gyro for heading. The mouse would only be for translation.



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