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Re: Optical Mouse Navigation

Okay, let me play devil's advocate.

Wheel encoders have been done before, and I assume they work. If a robot uses differential (two-wheel) drive and we keep track of each wheel's motion, and the tires are pneumatic and don't ever slip on the carpet, can't we measure not only x and y but rotation as well?

So my question is this: what great advantage does an optical mouse have over wheel encoders that makes us want to make this work? Other than being really cool, that is.
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