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Re: Sensors needed for swerve?

This year, team 20 has a half-swerve drive (each pair on the sides is linked). We have a gyro and a 10 turn pot on each side, and it drives exceptionally well. The gyro maintains the robot's heading, and the pots allow the wheels to spin about 5 turns total (took some effort to get the wheels to spin that far around). Plus, they auto-center at the start of the match, or whenever they're idle.