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Re: Controlling the individual speed of mecanum wheels within the main programme

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Originally Posted by ekapalka View Post
Thanks How on earth are we supposed to get which motor goes where and which need to be inverted and which need to be switched and...? Is there some standard way of doing this?
You just need to know which way the wheels need to be spinning. I'll try to explain. Here goes.

Forward- all wheels forward
Backward- all wheels backward
Rotate right- 2 left wheels forward, 2 right wheels backward
Rotate left- 2 left wheels backward, 2 right wheels forward
Strafe right- front left and back right wheels forward, front right and back left wheels backward
Strafe left - front left and back right wheels backward, front right and back left wheels forward

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Also... the twitching and creeping while no commands are being sent really weirds me out...
This can be due simply to the joysticks being old and not having a proper deadzone. One can easily be programmed in though
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