11-05-2013, 13:09
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#StickToTheStratisQuo
AKA: Gregor Browning
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Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Spectrum's Cart for 2014
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Originally Posted by jwallace15
I want to make a powered robot cart with mechanum. I think that it would be really easy to maneuver. Our Logomotion robot has mechanum and I love moving it because it can move sideways, making it easy to push in tight spaces. Have you considered this?
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Mecanum's only work on flat surfaces, so it will wreak havoc whenever even one wheel is off the ground (which is common in carts). Even if you have some kind of suspension system, I wouldn't trust it.
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