Field Oriented Driving

What is field oritened driving?

Field oritended driving is when the robots forward is always away from you, doesn't matter how the robot is oriented. For example if the robot is facing left

Cartesian Coordinates

Cartesian coordinates is what you typically see in math courses. Cardinal coordinates are represented by x and y coordinates (x, y)

Polar Coordinates

The issue with Cartesian coordinates or what you are used to seeing in your math classes is that you can't graph rotation.

What are we trying to solve?

The problem that we are trying to solve is that robots understand cartesian coordinates but we need to use polar coordinates to graph the robot's rotation