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Originally Posted by Garret
I am pretty sure 1717uses swerve.
Unless the problem lies in how it would be coded I don't think there would be much of a delay, well at least not anymore than a 6-wheel drive. I may be missing something though.
I think that you would have to really turn them slowly, less than 60 RPM to get a really noticeable delay. because you are only doing a partial rotation it seems like it would reach its position in less than .5 seconds at 60 RPM no matter what?
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No offense, but if you've ever driven the robot around much, a half second delay really screws with your mind. It's like the hot shower phenomenon, where you turn it up a little bit, nothing happens, so you go a little bit more and more until WHAM, the robot goes flying. However, if you program it right you'd only get a quarter turn at once maximum, so if they turn at any real speed, it'll probably be about .05 second delay, which isn't noticeable. Huh, full circle, I guess you're right
I will add on that if the program lets you start rotating the wheels before they're in position, it will go a little wonky until they get straightened out, which could be weird.
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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Is the weight of the system any issue? It does not seem to be much heavier than a 6 wheel drive with 4 CIMS.
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4 CIMS and then 1-4 banebots/what have you. And it's not like the metal doesn't weigh anything; for a 6WD, there's basically just two gear boxes, then the six wheels and chain, a swerve drive has four gear boxes (more if there's gearboxes on the wheel rotators), and then supports for each wheel. I'd estimate an extra 10-15 lbs for a swerve drive. Then again, I've never really even seen one
