Finding where you are in the field

[Djur]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

Why would it be fairly useless to know where the robot is? You always know where the hoops are, so if you know where the robot is (and how it's oriented), you know where to shoot!

Using the camera and the code supplied by National Instruments to find position and angle is much easier and more accurate than using the gyro (off by up to 7* in either direction) and ultrasonics, which can be interfered with by other ultrasonics. Also, this.