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Re: Tracking beacon without servo
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Originally Posted by Paul Marshall
The standard way of tracking one of the IR beacons is to use the IR sensor mounted on a servo. So, since FIRST has classified servos as motors, we can't use unlimited number of them. So if we want to use the servo's for something else other than tracking, how do you find the angle to the beacon without a servo?

Who needs a stinking servo? Put two IR sensors mounted at 90 deg angle to each other. Keep driving forward until the side sensor sees the beacon. then turn until the forward beacon sees the beacon, whereat you drive forward