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Re: swerve drive

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Originally Posted by Aslihanokur View Post
We used the codes that you wrote at 2012-Rebound Rumble. I wonder if we can set the swerve drive without absolute encoders. We reshaped our codes and made some replacement on our electronics. Actually it worked.However, ıt got the point that start at the begining as zero so that we need to make all 4 wheels at the same position before we send codes the robot. Are there any solution except using an absolute encoder?
Some teams use a magnet and a hall effect sensor to set the "zero" position for the module. Or, you could use a jig of some kind to align all the wheels at the start of the match.
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