Last minute autonomous help

[PriyankP]

Originally Posted by alexhenning

My team used encoders and we have a reliable autonomous even though our robot has chain. The noise is minimal, I haven't graphed it, but after ~30 successful runs, I wouldn't worry about it unless your chain is really lose or otherwise acting up.

The other thing about encoders is that with some math, you can convert it to feet. You know how far back you start, so drive N feet forward and then place the piece. All the fiddling is with the arm then.

Sorry to bring up this relatively old topic but I was wondering how are you using encoders to go to a certain distance? Do you just have PID and Setpoint encoders to some number? Or are you using something else too?

Any other teams out there willing to share how they use their encoders in autonomous?