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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
Correct - and I guess that would be a question for the driver and operator of 1675's robot, why didn't they translate away? It certainly was possible at that point, but it may have been just a heat of the moment kind of thing. It could also have something to do with they way their controls are set up. I've seen teams using two joysticks with a mecanum drive system, which seems counter-intuitive to me.
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We use 2 joysticks. one is translation and the other does rotation on the x axis. Yes, this could be done with a 3-axis joystick but we didn't feel like buying a different joystick. Also tests with team member's personal 3 axis joysticks usually find the twisting in the direction of the arm can be awkward sometimes, especially if you needed to twist while translating in some directions.