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Re: 1726 Beginning Week Three

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
Kevin (programmer) says "yes! We're planning on using the camera or an ultrasonic sensor to determine distance and adjust the shooter speed accordingly. Human control of the speed shows it's controllable"

(he was in the kitchen eating cereal....so I asked him....)
This is the major thing we are worried about and unfortunately don't have a great way to test before committing to a design.

Have you tested the effectiveness of altering the distance by changing wheel speed? If so, was spin up/spin down time a factor?
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