a good example of something that is not idempotent? As it is based on its current position. Actually idempotent would be: `actuator.rotateTo(Degrees(90))` with a predefined frame of reference, or a frame of reference that you can include in the request.
Like the difference between a servomotor vs stepper motor.
Your suggestion of actuator.rotateTo(Degrees(90)) is precisely the right way to engineer a robust, idempotent command for the physical world.
I used the simpler, non-idempotent rotate(90) example intentionally to illustrate the default trap. How a pure software mindset can dangerously oversimplify a physical action.
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a good example of something that is not idempotent? As it is based on its current position. Actually idempotent would be: `actuator.rotateTo(Degrees(90))` with a predefined frame of reference, or a frame of reference that you can include in the request.
Like the difference between a servomotor vs stepper motor.
Your suggestion of actuator.rotateTo(Degrees(90)) is precisely the right way to engineer a robust, idempotent command for the physical world.
I used the simpler, non-idempotent rotate(90) example intentionally to illustrate the default trap. How a pure software mindset can dangerously oversimplify a physical action.