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Re: Weirdest issue with our robot!

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Originally Posted by reversed_rocker View Post
the joysticks can become uncalibrated. they center themselves when you plug them into the driver station, if you accidentally bump them while you're starting up you can have a joystick thats not centered properly. i dont think thats the issue but its a problem thats good to be aware of
well, i am not quite sure of how joysticks operate, if they use pots or something else to measure their location, but could a sensor have gone bad so that it no longer reads that the stick is going left?
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