pic: 3D Printed Gyro Mount for PDB

[gpetilli]

Originally Posted by magnets

There isn't a benefit to getting the gyro on the center of rotation. You can put it anywhere on the robot. If I have a gyro in the center, and a gyro on the outside that are both facing forward, and I spin the robot, both gyros will always be at the same angle. When the gyro is on the outside corner, the rotation of the gyro remains the same, but an additional circular path is added. The gyro measures angular rate, which is not influenced by any x/y/z motion of the robot, only rotation around a certain axis.

I believe they are still essentially a spinning disk (abet very small). I would think the additional centrifugal forces on the disk would make it less accurate. Wont you get a "modulated" output from the gyro if it is off center of rotation and therefor having another circular path?