Thread: Video of Mecanum Drive Running Circles Around 6 Wheel Drives
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Re: Video of Mecanum Drive Running Circles Around 6 Wheel Drives
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Originally Posted by ThirteenOfTwo View Post
Also, I'd love to see a tank drive pull off the Vin Diesel maneuver coming out of the lane. A well-programmed and well-driven mecanum can turn a 180 while moving forwards and not slowing down. Tanks will either have a time drain when having to turn around or will have to be able to move the tube from one side of the bot to the other.
This is called a J-turn or a bootleg turn, not the Vin Diesel maneuver. Also, please don't assume anything in any of his car movies is correct information...

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