PID sensors/tips

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@NotLukas

I was also curious what the difference between PID and odometry was?

PID vs Odometry or both

odometry and pid are different things, odometry is a method that you can use to get accurate data about your robot, specifically the position and rotation on the field. PID is a method of controlling your robot so you can use that data to make the robot move where you want to.

@NotLukas

what kind of sensors I would need… any tutorial recommendations

Lots of resources by just searching google or the forum

Should my team use pid or ODOm to program our robot

hi im Ranchsauce2456 and our team wants to program our robot for autonomous. I read somewhere taht pid and ODOm are good for doing this. Which ones better? … is a question I’ve heard many times from newer teams. So let’s have a crack at answering this question. (Spoiler: It’s neither!) To first answer our question, let’s first take a look at what Odometry and PID actually are. Odomometry (Shortened to Odom colloqually) Odometry is some sort of system to keep track of a robot’s position on the …

Odometry

Odometry | Purdue SIGBots Wiki
What is Odometry? - #19 by DylanMashini
What is Odometry? - #23 by tabor473
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEZBYHVHmFQ
Uses either “odom pods” (extra wheels mounted on your robot connected to rotation sensors) or your built-in motor encoders and an inertial sensor

PID

PID Controller | Purdue SIGBots Wiki
VEXCode PID Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Itn-0d340g