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Unread 15-02-2006, 16:34
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Re: Problem with gyro...

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Originally Posted by paulcd2000
also, geartooth can tell distance, gyro can't. The geartooth can also tell you direction, think about it.
It's ALOT easier to keep track of yourself on the field and know where you want to go with 2 different types of feedback.

What's easier:
  1. Keeping track of how far each side has travelled, their rates of motion, and calculating that out to find where you are, which would absolutely require a double feedback loop to acount for motor bias..
  2. Combining both and having not only a magnitude of travel, but also a direction to go along with it. This makes field position as easy as SohCahToa (how I hate basic algerba acronyms...) and vector addition.



I guess it's up to you though... Think about it.