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Unread 02-05-2007, 17:48
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Re: mecanum vs. omni

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Originally Posted by tseres View Post
just surious, why did you use the gyro? i mean, why is it needed? can't you just do everything in the programming?
It depends on the style on control you want really. For a robot-centric drive (push up on the joysticks, the robot moves to its "front"), a gyro isn't always necessary, but for a field-centric (push up on the joystick, the robot moves away from the driver), a gyro, accelerometer, and/or other sensor packages are almost required.
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