[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by SpaceOsc

Seasons over and the teams getting down wth sensor now that we have free time and a robot without a single sensor on board so i wanted to add every possible sensor on board not for any practical useful value but to learn and get the hang of all the sensor avaliable through FIRST and all we can do with them the problem is we have limited expience with sensors and the programming of them so can people tell me what different sensor are for?

like the potentiometer and the yaw sensor and gyro sensor(dunno if there one in the same) and the current sensors and optical and so on.

so what there useful for and anything u feel is important about them would be appreciated

-Osc-

I think this is a great idea for the offseason. My team's robot does not have any sensor's either, so it would be a great learning experience for yourself, your team, and especially your rookies to do this. It would even get your programmers some good experience with sensors (something i definitely need) I might even look into setting up something like this.

Originally Posted by Astronauth7303

Potentiometers (pots) are Analog, and measure angle.

What exactly are potentiometers used for in robotics? I've heard of teams using them but I don't really know what for.