FTC Team #3791 - Balancing on the Bridge in AUTONOMOUS

[markdykstra36]

If you were to attempt to balance on that bridge by stopping on the line, it might remain unbalanced.

In the video I made and will upload soon called "IIT Regional Highlights" you can see two different clips of robots unsuccessfully trying to balance (in tele-op mode), and both of them are on that same bridge.

[markdykstra36]

I think it would be better to use an acceleration/tilt sensor. It can tell which way is down because it detects gravity as acceleration. The reason why it would be better to use one is that not all bridges are constructed right. At the IIT regional in Chicago I saw a bridge (on an official competition field) that could be unbalanced when nothing was on it. The wooden bars on the bottom that kept it centered were too far apart.