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Re: Sensors!

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Originally Posted by JewishDan18 View Post
That's an interesting idea. This is off topic, but how much drift would the gyro accumulate over the 2 minutes? I assume it will be greater the more time you hit another robot/wall. What were other teams experiencing?
I'm not sure, since our team has never actually used gyros. I've just heard of other teams using them. However, I seem to recall teams using accelerometers to counteract for drift (I don't know how). A crude way to fix drift is to have a trimming potentiometer on your DriverStation i guess.

Sorry I don't have any hard facts. Maybe someone else has had some experience with gyros personally?
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