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Copilot AI commented Jan 21, 2026

Analysis of the tracking wheel implementation revealed three critical bugs that would cause incorrect odometry calculations.

Core Bugs Fixed

1. distance() accumulated state on each call

// Before: returned ever-increasing values
fn distance(&mut self) -> QLength {
    let distance = /* calculation */;
    self.total += distance;  // ❌ accumulates
    distance
}

// After: returns current encoder-based distance
fn distance(&mut self) -> QLength {
    /* calculation */
}

2. delta() had inverted difference logic

// Before: subtracted wrong direction and added instead of assigning
let ret = self.total - distance;  // ❌ backwards
self.total += distance;           // ❌ accumulates

// After: correct delta calculation
let ret = distance - self.total;  // ✅ new - old
self.total = distance;            // ✅ update state

3. RotationSensor mixed angle units

// Before: passed turns to radians constructor
QAngle::from_radians(self.position().unwrap().as_turns())  // ❌

// After: correct unit conversion
QAngle::from_radians(self.position().unwrap().as_radians())  // ✅

Additional Changes

  • Validation: Gearing ratios must be positive (panic with clear message if violated)
  • Tests: 11 unit tests covering all tracking wheel operations, distance/delta calculations, gearing, and edge cases
  • Examples: Complete 3-wheel odometry system (examples/odometry_example.rs) and basic usage patterns (examples/basic_tracking.rs)
  • Documentation: Detailed improvement guide with best practices and future enhancement ideas

The implementation now correctly tracks incremental position changes for odometry calculations.

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give me ideas on my tracking wheel implementation


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Copilot AI and others added 4 commits January 21, 2026 05:58
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Co-authored-by: bytepacket <153022036+bytepacket@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bytepacket <153022036+bytepacket@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Suggest ideas for tracking wheel implementation Fix tracking wheel odometry bugs and add comprehensive testing Jan 21, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from bytepacket January 21, 2026 06:07
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