Using sensors effectively allows the robot to understand itself and the world around it and is critical for building effective robots. See: ​overview from team 1678

• Software architecture
  • ​Communications
• Understanding sensors
  • ​Datasheets and ​also see here
  • Application (App) Notes?
• Interfacing with sensors
  • Digital GPIO ​on the Raspberry Pi
  • ​Analog interfaces
  • SPI
  • ​I2C
  • Asynch Serial
  • RS485
  • ​CAN bus and ​more info
  • Ethernet
  • ​MXP port (esp. for ​NavX)
• Closed Loop Control
  • ​PID
• Mounting sensors
  • 3D printing
  • McGyvering?