Ops Manager Learn 4: Turn a Corner

8. Bang! Bang!

You have just implemented what is known in the engineering industry as a Bang! Bang! controller.

This turns hard left and hard right to correct itself whenever the line is off-center. This is the robotics equivalent of a knee-jerk reaction.

You can just imagine how rough it would be to ride around in an autonomous vehicle that uses this driving strategy! What’s more, it would wear down the parts of the vehicle very quickly.