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Re: How do u get your robot to follow the white line??????????????????

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Originally Posted by Phil_Lutz
During the scrimmage we attended one student aligned the robot at about a 45~ angle to the line. He was asked to align it he replied "It will be fine". The robot's first command turned out to be drive forward. it went off the line, spun to reaquire, crossed the line again at 90~ to the line spun hard again and crossed the line at about 45~. Total distance travelled in auto. 2 ft from the wall.


Ah youth.
this is why you always want to utilize the factors you can precisely control, such as the alignment. Human error just adds onto any error in a program, so try to get the best possible scenario for your program to run in.
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