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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
This opinions is based on the fact that given a robot with 6wd or an mecanum drive the 6wd offers more tactical flexibility in that they can hold their ground better should I need to stick them in the way of someone else for a couple seconds. The exception to this was in 2012 - Mecanums were practically DNP for me due to their difficulty with the bridges.
Please don't assume it's a bias AGAINST mecanum, perhaps it is merely a difference in priorities and needs.
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For 2012/2013 I agree that mecanum wheels were a poor choice. Our team used them, and now every member on the team hates them with a passion.
At our regional, we only picked other robots that could function as a defensive robot, so mecanum wheeled bots were off the list, even through we had mecanum wheels on our robot, which we quickly decided to remove/replace with hi-grip wheels.
However, for 2011, there were some good first picks that had mecanum.