Thread: Using Sensors
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Re: Using Sensors

Yeah last year we tried line tracking also and ditched it because it was too slow. Luckily we only needed to follow one path, a tight arc around and up the bridge, so we just used a caster we popped down which lifted our back wheels off the ground. The caster was at an angle so it made the arc.

It was pretty fast, but with no sensor input we had to make sure other variables like boxes and low batteries didn't affect the arc too much. Errors in the amount of time we did the arc were amplified as we went up the bridge.