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Unread 28-03-2012, 15:58
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Re: Turning on the bridge

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Originally Posted by wireties View Post
Our mecanum drive can do this - drive up the ramp, balance and pivot in the middle. It is pretty quick. We have the Andymark HD wheels which have a little better grip than the standard wheels (seems like). They are even tough enough to go over the bump quickly.

HTH
Or the mecanum drive can turn (into the wide side parallel to the edge of the bridge) and strafe while the bottom robot pushes the other robots up.

That goes without saying if you don't have traction on your alliance, you lose (which I find is incredibly hard to do because there are so many robots with great traction).