Thread: pic: 1675's REAL IRI Upgrade
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Re: pic: 1675's REAL IRI Upgrade
I am an avid believer that using Mecanum wheels (alone, in a purely mecanum drive, and not some sort of octocanum (is that what you kids are calling it now?) drive) is one of the worst decisions a team can make.

How many times have we seen a machine with an awesome manipulator an mecanum wheels get shut down by a team with 6 wheels and roughtop treads...

Agree or Disagree, but the statistics don't lie.
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