Author Topic: detect velocity with omniwheel and sharp ir  (Read 1838 times)

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detect velocity with omniwheel and sharp ir
« on: April 01, 2008, 01:02:10 AM »
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Re: detect velocity with omniwheel and sharp ir
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2008, 12:37:42 PM »
Looks kinda silly to me . . .

First, this is simply an encoder - albeit a non-traditional one.

Second, wheel rotation != robot motion

Omni wheels have a huge unpredictable slip rate, so I don't think an encoder would be very useful.
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