[jamapor]

Originally Posted by Texan

Yeah, it works fine, I just don't like them because of the relative unreliabilty of them. For instance, it's impossible for us to autonomously make it up onto the platform and turn toward the bar because we bounce some. At least with gyros, they don't mess up if a wheel slips or you get hit from the side or something like that.

Anyway, encoders do work.

We use the ultra-sonic sensors to travel to the stairs, the gyro's to detect when we reach the stairs, and then wheel encoders while we move up the stairs. It takes the un-reliability of the ultra-sonic sensors out when we move up the stairs by using the wheel encoders.