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Re: Swerve Drive vs Mecanum Wheel drive?

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Originally Posted by Abhishek R View Post
The majority of teams are unable to score in the high goal while being stationary. Scoring while moving is a more difficult task, and even being able to inbound reliably is surprisingly hard for a lot of teams from what I've seen. The Killer Bees are one of the best, and it's hard to justify something by using one elite team as an example. Also, those features such as being able to shoot while moving, or having a large spot to inbound effectively do not show a certain drive train to be better than another, they just show the robot's manipulative capabilities to be better.
I agree 100%. My point was to provide an example of how teams can maximize their drivetrain. I wasn't providing an overall assessment of omni drives.

Compared to a team like 469 that can plow through teams to get to their smaller sweet spot near the goal, 33 needs the large sweet spot as they cannot depend on getting to a specific location and staying there under defense. 33 was smart enough to understand this and put a lot of time and effort in ensuring their shooter had a huge sweet spot and could shoot fade aways or while being pushed sideways. The same applies to human player loading: 33 cannot depend on getting right next to the human player (and staying there) so they went with the largest possible catch radius. The biggest weakness to an omni drive, the inability to resist being pushed, was down played by 33 because they can still accomplish the game's task without needing to be at one small, specific location.
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