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Originally Posted by efoote868
Considering mecanums in FRC was pioneered by (if memory serves me) team 357 in 2005, and since they've only become "popular" since their commercial introduction by AndyMark in 2007? And since in 2009 they weren't allowed, I'm not surprised.
From personal experience, field centric mecanum drive is about a hundred times easier to learn to control than a traditional tank drive.
Which is to say that practice time for drivers is an advantage of holonomic drives, not a disadvantage.
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That being said, 357 has used Mecanum wheels since 2005 (with the exception of their swerve in 2009), 148 used them in 2006, and a handful of other teams used them prior to the AM versions. Also, traditional Holonomics have been around since at least 2002, and I don't believe one has made it to Einstein.
Whether it be field centric, or robot centric, it seems that Mecanum Drives and Holonomics are usually not as well driven as a similar Skid Steer or 6WD. Chalk this up to a harder learning curve, less driver practice, or whatever, but one has still not made it to Einstein.