Thread: Compass sensor
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Unread 14-01-2010, 07:29
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Re: Compass sensor

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Originally Posted by AlexGrant View Post
meh, im always bad at explaining things, What you have is a "target zone" in which you can pick where to point it, so you can change it whenever you want but it will stay in that position until you do change it, and holonomic drives are drives such as mecanum and omni drives so you can strafe.
Alex,
If your are pointed at a goal and then move left or right, the angle to the goal changes. If you stay on the same heading and move forward and back the heading to the goal also changes. It might help for you to draw out various positions on paper and then measure the different angles.
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