POLL: What sensors do you use

[vtrehan]

We didn’t have many sensors last year as we were well.... rookies .

This year we are planning to work with an IR sensor mounted on the wheels for distance calculation (and we have a working prototype), and we used opto sensors for line following, we also had some limit switches for various purposes.

We are actually shopping around these days for a more reliable sensor for distance calculation, so if someone can recommend something more reliable and simple, please let us know .

Thanks,
Vivek.

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by vtrehan

We didn’t have many sensors last year as we were well.... rookies .

This year we are planning to work with an IR sensor mounted on the wheels for distance calculation (and we have a working prototype), and we used opto sensors for line following, we also had some limit switches for various purposes.

We are actually shopping around these days for a more reliable sensor for distance calculation, so if someone can recommend something more reliable and simple, please let us know .

Thanks,
Vivek.

In a word words: encoders. Search the forums and you will find several detailed threads. They are very easy to use and extremely accurate

[Astronouth7303]

I coded for (Whether or not they were placed on the bot, but most were) numerous sensors.

• 3 pots (shoulder, arm, & hand position)
• 1 switch (arm limit)
• 4 banners (quadrature)
• 1 current (for the hand, made a overload mech around that)
• 1 pressure (the simple pnuematic one, only controlled the compressor)
• 1 Gyro (compass)

I think that's it.