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Originally Posted by Tom Ore
Only 12 teams out of over 2,000 made it to Einstein this year. Lots of quality teams with 6WD and 8WD didn't make it either. A well done drivetrain of any type is just one part of a total robot / program that is required.
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I agree and disagree. The 12 teams out of 2000 are not a simple random sample. The best teams make Einstein, and the best teams never have mechanum drives. The fact that the there is a consistent trend of simple 6WD's making Einstein and winning competitions speaks for itself. I don't think it's a coincidence by majority in numbers; it looks like a correlation to me.
(If someone has the number of mechanum teams in St. Louis, we could analyze whether the reality that they didn't make Einstein is statistically significant).