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Unread 17-01-2006, 03:08
Joe Hershberger Joe Hershberger is offline
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Re: Omni-drive autonomous questions

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Originally Posted by 6600gt
There are many sensors listed on Kevin's site. Which are you referring to?

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Originally Posted by 6600gt
Use these sensors to keep track of your location on a virtual grid.
Keep the calculations to the basic right triangle trig calculations.
I am still thinking about it but the best way i think is to know the angle <90 of the robot direction to parallel of the field. This is done by adding and subtracting the gyro values. Then use sin and cos to calulate the change in x and y based on the distance you traveled in that direction. The accelerometer will help you with this.
6600gt,
I'm not sure can follow your explanation. Could you please elaborate? I see a few key words but not a clear picture of what is to be done and what each component is used for.

Thanks,
-Joe