Vex Pro Ball Shifter Questions

[yash101]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Could that of been a center of gravity issue and not specifically a Super Shifter issue?

Not really sure how shifting could cause your robot to flip over. Stopping and starting must of been next to impossible if shifting caused problems.

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Yeah. Precisely!

Originally Posted by MichaelBick

If everything was perfect you could use accelerometers to calculate velocity. However you would need a perfectly accurate accelerometer and no lag. There is no system capable of this, and so because of that using an accelerometer to find out your velocity would be incredibly inaccurate. Encoders provide a much more accurate reading of the velocity of your robot.

In this case, you do not need to be on-the-dot. (+-).5 fps won't be a big deal when you want to find out when to shift.