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Re: WCD vs. Swerve

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Originally Posted by JamesTerm View Post
Ok I will take a stab at this today... with a question. What makes a swerve drive so hard to drive vs. what makes a WCD easy to drive (both tank steering and arcade configurations)?
I will assume that, in this context, by "tank steering" a swerve you are referring to the driver interface (e.g. using Y axis of left and right joysticks) and not to the inverse kinematics used (i.e. not skid-steer).

Instead I assume you mean something like this:

FWD = (YL+YR)/2

RCW = (YL-YR)/2

STR = 0

... where YL and YR are the (inverted) joystick commands, and FWD, RCW, and STR are as defined here.

In that case, I will answer your question with a question: is a swerve with that driver interface "so hard to drive" ?



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