[FTC]: Initial Modern Robotics Motor Controller tests.

[PhilBot]

My FTC teams are always focused on pushing Autonomous capabilities on our robots, so knowing how the motor controller (and accompanying software) works with encoders is something I always need to evaluate each season.

With the new hardware, this year is no exception.

I just ran some basic tests with the two most common FTC motors, to see how well new controller implements the three standard control modes on an unloaded motor. These are: open loop, closed loop and Run to Position.

The results were...(in order) Ick, Cool, D'oh!

I've posted my Summary doc (with data) here.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/3157

Suffice it to say, I'm disappointed in the "Run to Position" mode.

Phil.