Thread: Watchdog Idea
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Re: Watchdog Idea

That sort of defeats the purpose of having a watchdog in the first place.

The watchdog is meant to make sure that your robot is not in an exceptional state, like, hey, everything is fine here! It prevents robots from rampaging out of control.


I would suggest you try and understand your code better before you go about circumventing safety features.
It may take more time, but you'll definitely learn more, and understand why its so important to write maintainable code.
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