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Re: Team 81's Autonomous Mode

I now have a video of our demo robot chasing a ball (warning: 52 megs!)
http://robotics.dyndns.org/METALHEAD...inder_Demo.mpg

You will notice the robot consistently placing the ball towards its left-hand side; this is because I had to mount the camera there.

Mounting details here:
http://robotics.dyndns.org/METALHEAD...a_Mounting.jpg

Let me know what you guys think!

EDIT:
This was in full autonomous mode with a PID loop controlling the driving.
There was quite a bit of slop in the gearboxes, hence the "swaying" at the end when trying to line up to charge at the ball.
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