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Unread 15-02-2004, 08:50
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Re: Square Root Function not working

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Originally Posted by bludstayne
Why isn't this working? I always get a value that's too high. 4 would give me the correct value, but 9 up always goes over. It's kind of weird too, every perfect square makes it go over a little less, you can check it out and see what I mean.
Do you really need a sqare root? We originally had a square root in our waypoint calculation (to determine the distance from us to the waypoint), but we determined the square root was unessecary. Why? Because we're using feedback control to get to the position AND x^2 + y^2 becomes zero at the same point as sqrt(x^2 + y^2). Anyway, it's just a thought - you may not need the square root afterall.

-Chris
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