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Originally Posted by CalTran
That is interesting...first thing I thought of when I saw the video was you managed to get mecanum performance out of omni wheels. I like what you've done with them. Now, and it looks like you have a bit of practice under your belt, make sure who ever is operating your robot knows the full potential of omnidirectional drivetrains. The drivetrain is only as good as the operator who takes advantage of it, so make sure your operator has plenty of hours (if not days) logged behind the controls. If you can, make a second drivetrain only bot and put the operator through his paces.
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Actually, omni-wheels had the capability to perform that way before mecanums did. This is a typical holonomic layout. What is special about it is the field oriented controls.
Also, I could not agree more with the statement that a drivetrain is only as good as its operator.