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Re: Implementing Traction Control for an advantage in the 2009 game

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Originally Posted by iCurtis View Post
Current is a function of wheel velocity. When the wheel begins to slip, the motor will spin faster and draw less current. As long the as change in current draw was sharp enough, I'd imagine it could potentially be simpler than measuring your velocity relative to the floor.
I think it would be so diificult to measure this acurately using current draw, but again maybe it is possible.

We have ATC using an encoder wheel on the floor. We found you can have 50% slippage and still have good traction. found 20% is best slippage for maxiumu speed and traction.

So maybe with that much variation using current it is possible.
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