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View Poll Results: What sensors do you typically use on your robot?
limit switch/touch sensors 38 79.17%
optical sensor 33 68.75%
IR or SONAR Rangefinder 5 10.42%
angular accelerometer 9 18.75%
linear accelerometer 1 2.08%
encoders 25 52.08%
potentiometers 29 60.42%
current transducers 7 14.58%
pressure transducers(pneumatic or otherwise) 11 22.92%
compass 1 2.08%
Other (i'm sure someone will find somehtign i didn't list) 6 12.50%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 48. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
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Re: POLL: What sensors do you use

for other, in our 2003 robot, we used a gyroscope thing to detect when we hit something and to correct the course correspondingly

we demonstrated it by running it along a flat surface then getting someone to kick it, and it would correct itself
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