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13-05-2012, 21:03

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Re: 967 Off Season Project

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Originally Posted by Nemo

Thanks! When we strafe, in addition to turning the sideways wheel, we also do a turn with the front omni wheels. Those are used to create enough torque to counteract the torque caused by a strafing wheel that is close to the other side of the robot.

I figured this would be necessary for nice performance, about how much power are you applying to counteract the drift?

Are you doing it on some guesstimated value, or using a gyro to hold a heading?

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