fine control of robot with mecanum wheels

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Originally Posted by ajd

Most likely, you would want to decrease the sensitivity, which would give you more control, since the same change of the joystick position would give you a smaller change in motor speed. So squaring it seems like a better bet for more control.

Correct.

I'd like to hear from any teams that have implemented closed-loop wheel speed control via encoders connected directly to Jags, on a bot with mecanum wheels.

Also, are any teams using shiftable transmissions (high and low gears) ?


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