Autonomy: How Did You Guys Do It?

[PriyankP]

We had many combinations of sensors to make the auto work but in the end, we went with line sensors, ultra sonic and pot on the arm.

We start the auto by line tracking at about 8ft/s and stopping the base at some distance away from the wall. While it's line tracking, our arm moves to the high goal preset. Once it reaches the target distance, it starts to orient the tube & de-suck it out of the rollers. And the arm is slightly lowered too.


I tried using gyro but due to sensor inefficiency, the gyro reading would keep increasing even if the robot's not moving. I was told that it happens with all gyros and it shouldn't make a big difference in the 15-20 second autos...