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Re: Help with motion detector

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Originally Posted by chantilly_team
We want to use motion detector to sense a particular distance. We have measure the distance between the ground and robot every second, and if that distance is less than a pre-fixed value, we have to trigger an operation.

So how do we go around with motion detectors? Are there any specific available for FRC robot-controller? How can we convert the data we receive from motion detector into distance.

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I am not all that particularly sure but I do think you would have a moniter sort of like a heart machine. If it were like that you woud be able to watch it manually and detect change that way.
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