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Re: triangulation

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Originally Posted by Astronouth7303
You can't do absolute position because there's no indicator for Red/Blue side, you'd have to put a "compass" in the bot. Not that that's difficult.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but each beacon sends out a unique time signature. From this you can point each servo at each beacon. Knowing the two angles that the servos form will give you enough information to complete the trapezoid. You have two lengths and two angles. It's too late right now to go into details and it wouldn't give you much of a competetive edge to know where your robot is on the field with absolute position. If so desired I could elaborate more.
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