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Originally Posted by BrendanB
I think that eventually we will see one in the next few years. I have seen several teams with mecanums who are programming their robots to give them a competitive edge. Granted there are trade offs but 1503 proved this year that trade offs don't hurt you when done right.
I have seen one mecanum robot from this year that can't be pushed easy and from knowing this team, they will build immensely on what they learned this year!
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Originally Posted by Ether
What do you think they did to make it so it couldn't be pushed easily?
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If I don't miss my guess, Brendon is talking about the PVC Pirates (1058). They were able to lock the rollers of their Mechanums, basically changing them to a skid steer system, on the fly.
It was, IMHO, very impressive.