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Re: 6 wheel holonomic drive feasibility

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Originally Posted by T^2 View Post
The "traction and power" issue has largely been addressed already in this thread. To sum up, traction in the forward and reverse direction is not significantly weaker on mecanums compared to standard wheels
For properly operating mecanums (e.g. rollers can spin freely etc), and for the same tread material, mecanums have less traction in the fwd/rev direction than a standard wheel.


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