Banging the driver station

[kmodos]

Originally Posted by Abrakadabra

But most teams have all wheels on a side driven by the same axle either via chains or belts, right? So unless you have independently-driven wheels (with an encoder on only one of them) or unless you catch a lot of air during your crossing, chances are that the encoder readings will be reasonably accurate. Not perfect, but good enough.

We have wheels connected by gears yet still have incorrect encoder readings due to slippage. Encoders are far from perfect. There are many other sensors you can use instead.