Thread: Accelerometers & Gyros for N00bs
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Re: Accelerometers & Gyros for N00bs
Every FIRST robot that I have worked on has used quadrature encoders to measure both distance traveled and velocity. So I'm curious, how does using an accelerometer for velocity and distance traveled compare to an encoder? Is it more or less accurate?

Now that I think about it, I've never used an accelerometer on any robots that I've built, and I've been building quite a few robots over the last 5 years. What other things do FIRST teams use accelerometers for?
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