Inertial navigation systems

[DaBruteForceGuy]

all i c an say is.... i'd hate to be the programmer.... this is the prescise reason i avoid such complex systems on the robot. it hard to visualize a program (though i kno it can be done) that factors in acceleration, time, direction dealing wiht two motors (and that is if we are using a simple skid drive system)... and multiple other factors. if you as me an interntail sensor might be over doing it for a FIRST robot when you could always just calculate the displacement/time......

..... but after-all, i am only the Bruteforceguy, i like things i CAN visualise in my favorite 3 dimensions (all those excluding time ;-))

[Greg McCoy]

Originally Posted by DaBruteForceGuy

all i c an say is.... i'd hate to be the programmer.... this is the prescise reason i avoid such complex systems on the robot. it hard to visualize a program (though i kno it can be done) that factors in acceleration, time, direction dealing wiht two motors (and that is if we are using a simple skid drive system)... and multiple other factors. if you as me an interntail sensor might be over doing it for a FIRST robot when you could always just calculate the displacement/time......

..... but after-all, i am only the Bruteforceguy, i like things i CAN visualise in my favorite 3 dimensions (all those excluding time ;-))

But that's what makes programming interesting! Coming up with math solutions to real-world problems and then figuring them out with computers is what programming is all about. Personally I'd rather learn more about doing this than program boring stuff like "Button C runs Motor 5."