Speed Controller

[RyanCahoon]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

What you're thinking of is called PID

Originally Posted by kgzak

In other words using a closed loop speed controller.

Closed loop, or feedback, control system is the right term. Proportional, integral, and derivative refer to types of error signals that can be calculated from a feedback signal. A PID controller is one type of closed-loop controller, albeit the most used, but there are other types.

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To respond to the original question, 1708 is using a feedback control system for our autonomous; of course, the bang-bang controller that we're using is not the most elegant, but it's what we can do with digital line sensors. No controllers for any manipulators or anything, though. If we were using an arm, though, we'd definitely create one.

--Ryan