My Auto tends to be very inconsistent, the turning would most likely be the reason to why the robot is thrown off course. I believe that this occurs because my robot is heavy and the weight is not distributed evenly. The poor 2 motor drivetrain has to deal with all this weight while moving at maximum speed. Another factor I have considered is the battery percentage as my robot uses a lot of battery each time ranging from 5-10%.
Answers to this issue will be appreciated.
SOo there could be many reasons you auton is failing. Our robot can score 160+ points and yet scored 18 at our recent competitoin. One thing I would check is your turning and driving velocities. We set our turn veloicty at 40% and driving at 70%. We didn’t have time to code a PID but if you are able to, that will increase your consisitancy. Also remember that IQ used plastic parts, so there will always be “slop”, or camber, in your drivetrain. I would also do a search on the fourm for more simmalalr topics.
Good luck!
Welcome to the forum!
To help us help you, it would be really helpful for you to provide pictures of your robot, and of your code.
Otherwise we are just guessing, as there’s no universal answer.
Good luck!
I think what you have to do is run the autonomous multiple times, and plan around it. Normally whay we do is amake sure all test variables are similar then plan around what happens most. Not a real good way to handle it.