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Re: Autonomous speed

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Originally Posted by devicenull
While pure timing works, I wouldn't recommend it. You loose accuracy as your battery dies, or your transmissions become easier/harder to work with. The other way to do that would be with encoders, which take a little more to set up, but should be more accurate.
Another option is to measure your distance based on the camera. If you are already tracking the green light with your camera, it only requires a bit of trig to figure out your distance of travel based off of servo movement.