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Re: How to rotate camera to target; motor to the angle of the camera

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Originally Posted by whcirobotics View Post
What is a gryo?
"gyro" is an abbreviation for gyroscope.
However, when implemented as a sensor, it's easier to make something that tells you how fast you're turning, rather than spinning a disk and telling what direction you're facing. The cRIO takes care of converting this rate of rotation into direction.

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Is something attached to the axis camera so it can move to look for target(up, down, left, right) or does it have the capabilities already?
This is the gimbal that comes in the FRC kit of parts. It uses two servos; one for pan (side to side) and one for tilt (up and down).
You can control the servos with the VIs in FRC Framework > Motors and Actuators > Sevo

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I am getting confused at how to move the camera, do i attach two servos, one that moves camera left and right, and the other up and down? and get the angle of both and set that as the angle in which the motor move?
Yes.
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