To use or Not to use sensors?

[adamm]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Incorrect. Dead reckoning can be used for Autonomous control. having no sensors just means that the robot cannot react to anything happening in the outside world.

Dead Reckoning is a method that can be employed, but will it will prove to be an unwise method for this years competition.

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

A very bold statement. I know of robots that have won regionals without sensors. Are you telling me that they were "not decent"?

I hate to be critical, but we must remember that joysticks are sensors as well.

[eugenebrooks]

With a roughly 20% bonus in traction for not slipping the wheels, the most valuable sensor that you can put on your robot is an accelerometer. It needs to be set up so that the quantization error in the measurement is smaller than the optimization in acceleration that you want to measure.

[R.C.]

Sensors are a great thing to have. Team 1323 has never used sensors and we have done great at comps. But this is a brand new year and we are going all out. We are using sensors on every motor not just because itz cool but we want to get motor feedback. Our bot would not be possible without the CNC and sensors. Building a bot that is fully autonomous is the goal. A piece of advice is get in contact with successful teams or DAN from above. Getting help through an expert helps. Also sensors help the "BOT from killing itself." Limit switches and so on. Also sensors make it so that you don't need a whole lot of "DRIVER FINESSE" to score orbit balls and make it all auto with a manual override just incase your turre...... doesn't work.

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