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Re: Filtering out Vibration while using a KOP Accelerometer

As you've found, what you want to do is not easy. The KOP accelerometers do a great job of detecting vibrations. Maybe you could mechanically filter the shocks by mounting the accelerometer to a heavy chunk of metal, which is then connected by foam or springs to the robot chassis. But I haven't heard of any teams successfully using only the accelerometer to do position tracking.