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Re: pic: Big Mouse 2

It's a mouse ball - or it works along the same principle. When the robot moves in the x, the ball rotates in the x and turns an encoder. Likewise in the y. In this manner, they use the mouseball for absolute positioning and use the gyro for heading.
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