Thread: Using Sensors
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Unread 11-12-2003, 23:39
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Re: Using Sensors

It is possible to do it with 2 light sensors. That way if the left is not sensing and the right is, you are off to the left, and vice versa. No matter how you do it though, it's probably going to be jumpy and slow.

The best way of doing it is using a positioning system such as the one Wildstang used to program their incredible automode. I think they used the gyro to figure out their anguilar position, a pot to figure out the rotation of their wheels in relation to their bot, and some sort of velocity detector on their wheels. You can also use accelerometers or an assortment of other things.

Once you know your position, you can just tell your robot "goto (x,y)" and hope it makes it there. Of course, only a few teams had that kind of capability last year