Hey guys, i am new to pros and all, is pure pursuit useful for this year, because the obstacles and the rings are consistent and all.
I mean there really isnt much obstacles compared to last years game, its a much more open field, but I am not anywhere near an expert on either style. Rings and goals are easy to move, just have to plan accordingly right?
Try looking at previous topics for more info for your strategy (I can’t find the post but there were some great papers about PIDs and Pure puresuit coding)
you could argue pure pursuit is always useful the question is can you make it work. Imo if you have time try and make it otherwise pid is fine too
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Hi!
PID and Pure Pursuit are different things, PID is a feedback controller and Pure Pursuit is an adaptive algorithm with the main objective to follow a pre-computed drawing of an imaginary circle in your robot and find intersections between the circle and the path.
However, Pure pursuit is more complicated than PID, But nothing is impossible.
I recommend you start with the PID controller. PID is very functional and worth it.
Once you get the PID stuff working and if you have time would be incredible to search for information about pure pursuit and how implemented in your robot.
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In my opinion, pure pursuit will be more helpful than PID but in terms of return on investment, PID is the much better option. My recommendation is to start with PID and see if there is a need for pure pursuit. A well tuned PID can take you very far by itself.
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if i were you i’d do a lot more reading on what those 2 algorithms are. they both have their ups and downs, and actually its not uncommon to see drive algorithms that combine PID for longitudinal motion and pure pursuit for steering.
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