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Originally Posted by AriMindell
Could we use a Computer mouse with an optical sensor to calculate the position of our [mecanum] robot?!
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Using only a single optical mouse, with no additional sensors, consider the following scenario:
1) drive forward 5 feet
2) rotate in-place around the mouse 180 degrees
3) drive forward another 5 feet
... what is the position of the robot according to the mouse?
[EDIT this info was not in your original post:
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That said, we are planning to use a gyro for heading. The mouse would only be for translation.
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