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Re: Team 4206 Pre-Season Drive Module (In Progress)

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Originally Posted by coalhot View Post
Just wondering where exactly the module is attached to the robot; on the mechanum wheel, or the traction wheel? If I were designing it, i'd put the traction wheel being attached to the robot, so it's more solid when playing the pushing game. (however, I've never made one of these, so this is just an opinion)

Otherwise, it looks quite nice, and more importantly: simple. It would be cool to see this in action!
You would really want the pivot on the mecanum wheel because the mecanum wheel is always applying force to the side. This is the reason you use thrust bearings with mecanum wheels. You should also look at the strength of your module, even though the design looks cool, you should really make it stronger.