Wouldnt it be cool if vex created a sensor that would follow magnetic activity
Yeah it would be, it would be even nicer if it could detect how close it is to a magnetic field. It would have to have a decent range on it though, and if it did have a decent range i would be worried about the motors triggering the sensor.
Are you saying you’d like a compass sensor? I believe there are third party compass sensors avaible that will work with the VEX M/C.
im not sure how a compass sensor works but im pretty sure thats it
Works like a… Compass!! You know, point it any direction and it follows north. You could program it to follow a direction relative to north. Could be used for field relative autonomous. Kind of like StangPS from Team 111’s 2003 championship robot.
yes i know that part lol
but what i mean what kind of chips does it use to actually be used as sensor
i would just like vex to make new sensors, and a compass would be great.
A gyro would be better especially if FIRST went on ahead for next season’s challenge’s VEX robot size requirements to be larger.
Why would the requirements need to be larger? Personally, I think the size is large enough. All the robots I’ve ever made are only 2/3 the size of the FVC limit.
Guys,
The strength of magnetic fields falls off in proportion to cube of the distance from the magnet. A magnetic field sensor that is sensitive enough to detect fields from ordinary magnets at non-trivial distances would be pretty expensive… Sensors that operate over sort distances are the inexpensive reed switches used on windows and doors in burglar alarm systems.
Blake
why not just put a very strong magnet on the front of ure bot and pull it around lol i think a magnet sensor would be kool but i dont know what you would use it for like if you were planning on just holding a magnet in ure hand and walking and have ure bot follow you you could just use a light sensor a cmu cam or whatever