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Re: Swerve Gear Box
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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
It's really really simple, unless you actually do it.
especially if it is "unicorn drive". it can be made to work but trust me, it involves a LOT of code. (you would know...)

perhaps the worst part for ANY swerve is deciding how you want it to drive...

hence why I am more of a fan of mecanum than swerve for competition bots that strafe... if I am going to write a lot of code, I'd rather it be on my manipulator/camera tracking than on my drive code. that is, unless you pull a 148 and have crab and no manipulator (tumbleweed, 2008), which in that situation was nothing but epic...

for off season/fun, any swerve can be fun... or not fun... it depends on how you go about it.
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