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Re: pic: When an 8 wheel drive and a swerve drive love each other veeeerry much...

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Originally Posted by R1ffSurf3r View Post
I made this over summer but a different and significantly more spectacular project has taken precedence over this. If we use it, it will be a different version than the one pictured. It has since been streamlined with the part count cut to below you average west coast drive, although some parts are significantly more complex.

I forgot how much it weighs, but the most up to date version isn't noticeably heavier than our normal drivetrain. I haven't analyzed it since July but it was in the realm of 30 pounds with motors. Probably.
Do you mind posting a picture of a module? I'm curious to see how the drive is so light and have so few parts as you say.

Also, how is it controlled? It looks like you are steering groups of two independently and driving the let and right sides together. Is this accurate, and if so, how does that affect actual movement or programming it?
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