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Re: fine control of robot with mecanum wheels

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Originally Posted by ajd View Post
Most likely, you would want to decrease the sensitivity, which would give you more control, since the same change of the joystick position would give you a smaller change in motor speed. So squaring it seems like a better bet for more control.
Correct.

I'd like to hear from any teams that have implemented closed-loop wheel speed control via encoders connected directly to Jags, on a bot with mecanum wheels.

Also, are any teams using shiftable transmissions (high and low gears) ?


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