Thread: swerve drive alinement question
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Re: swerve drive alinement question
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Originally Posted by mark.amber View Post
In a swerve drive system how do we know what direction our wheels are pointing when we start the bot, so the wheels are all facing the correct directions, I know with rotery encoders position is relitive to the starting position. I am sure that this is not a problem, because I have seen bots with swerve drive, so I know there is a solution, I just cannot find it.

Thanks in advanced for any help.
Mark
Team 2423 used hall-effect sensors on our robot last year. When we turned on our robot, the wheels would spin until our sensors told us the wheels were facing forward.
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