Stop Making THIS MISTAKE With Your LEGO Gyro Sensor

The LEGO gyro sensor is notoriously difficult to work with. Whether it’s the EV3 gyro sensor, LEGO 51515 gyro sensor, or a third party gyro sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS, you may be making a critical mistake that is holding you back from extracting the most performance for your LEGO MINDSTORMS robot. After watching today’s tutorial, you will have a better understanding of how a LEGO gyro sensor works and how to minimize issues like gyro drift.

If you are using a LEGO MINDSTORMS gyro sensor to build an FLL robot or just a MINDSTORMS hobbyist at home, you will benefit from understanding the inner workings of the LEGO gyro sensor, which is the topic of today’s video.

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CONTENTS
0:00 — Introduction
1:18 — Rhetorical Question
1:47 — Misunderstanding the Gyro Sensor
2:17 — What a Gyro Sensor Actually Measures
3:23 — How a Gyro Sensor «Measures» Angle
4:17 — Understanding Gyro Sensor Calibration
6:42 — Understanding Gyro Drift
8:02 — Best Practices to Minimize Gyro Drift

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