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We are doing omni this year and are considering adding a button for a pre-programmed evasive maneuver. Is this one of those? |
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We used a flight simulator type of joystick for our recycle rush Mecanum Drive. This enables you to control both direction, and rotation (via twist) simultaneously and intuitively. You could use this method for either field centric or robot centric control.
Logitech 963290-0403 is a very reasonably priced PC USB option. |
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--- This year Mecanum seems to give the most advantage during line up of receiving a gear and placing a gear. In field-centric mode, it does so by increasing margin of error and intuitiveness to do those tasks. The most graceful Mecanum bots this year will do just that, IMO. Juke moves with Mecanum under-perform 9 times out of 10. In my experience, Mecanum doesn't seem to reduce the time it takes to do those tasks when compared to a practiced driver on a tank. Time is the differentiator in everything at high levels of play. I'd even say that a tank drive which sprints 16-18ft/s during the straightaways and shifts to a 6-7ft/s low gear for the line-up would still be a faster cycle time than a Mecanum drive at an overall 12-13ft/s. So "graceful" Mecanum bots who can score well in a reasonable amount of time may find a home on my alliance in early events simply because I set goals for my team to do so well at our singular role that the Mecanum bot will be largely undefended. Or maybe I get that Mecanum bot on my alliance in order to absorb the defense since they're so easy to defend. Who knows :rolleyes:. |
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We still have plenty of time to abort if we discover this is more trouble than it is worth. |
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Field centric tank drive implemented in this fashion would be an interesting innovation. |
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Strafing can be pretty useful in many situations, but it is an awful choice for travelling long distances quickly. |
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I might be bias because this is my own team, but i beleave we got the most our of our mecanum drivetrain in 2015. I know its not the same because the games are so different, but i believe if you go with a mecanum drivetrain you need to use its abilities to your advantage or else you might as well just have gone with tank drive.
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