Collision Detection (Frc) - Kauai Labs navX-MXP User Manual

Examples
Automatic Balancing (FRC)
Full LabVIEW Source code on Github
Collision Detection is commonly used in automobiles to trigger airbag deployment, which can
reduce the force of an impact and save lives during an accident. A similar technique can be
used on a robot to detect when it has collided with another object.
The principle used within the Collision Detection example is the calculation of
defined as the change in acceleration). As shown in the graph below (taken from navX-MXP
data recorded in LabVIEW of a small collision), whenever the jerk (in units of G) exceeds a
threshold, a collision has occurred.

Collision Detection (FRC)

Jerk (which is
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