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[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

Why would the robot have a discrepancy between how far it thinks it has gone and how far it actually has gone if it runs into a robot/rubs the lane divider (not that that's the plan)?

Well I know on our robot we're using encoders to measure distance. Whenever we started on the side closest to the divider, and rubbed it, the robot would turn too soon and miss the turn.

But when we started from the middle position we never had any problems.

I guess if you get really clever with the gyro you could use it to sense deceleration.