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Re: Holonomic + gyro/PID

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Originally Posted by BEEKMAN View Post
4) Drive in a direction: We refer to it as "the trigger". While we are driving towards a ball, regardless of if the bot is facing towards the ball, as we drive to it (using the shortest possible distance) the bot will turn in that direction, eliminating the need to stop, turn, then drive.
I'm curious as to the theory of how this is accomplished. For example, we've done the same thing without holonomic wheels (called it 'Vector Drive'). However, this was accomplished using "skid" (speeding up one side of the robot, slowing down another). Is there a different principle involved for holonomic?