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Re: Mecanum Wheels - How do they work?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Why?


In my experience, it made it easier to rotate while driving in a straight line. Rectangles will do OK; the square part isn't as critical as keeping all wheels on the ground.

FIRST may try their best to keep the carpet flat, but every year there seems to be bumps and places to get hung up on. The kinematics aren't easy to resolve when only 3 of the 4 wheels touch the ground.
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