Motor Claw: Auton control?

VEX V5 Technical Support
#1

Hello everyone,

I was wondering how people are controlling their motorized claws during autonomous?
Like, are they doing speed/time or PID? Wouldn’t PID make the motors burn out if they cant compress the game object enough?
If someone could clarify that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

#2

Hey, my team used a potentiometer to measure the degrees of the claw, that way we could control it effectively.

#3