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Re: Swerve Drive vs Mecanum Wheel drive?
Here are two somewhat minor advantages to mecanum drives vs tank drives that I have never seen discussed.
1. I have never ever seen a mecanum robot tip over because they braked too fast, but I have seen numerous tank drive bots do this. Given, this can be corrected fairly simply with some ramp-up code, but most teams don't have anything like this in their code.
2. It is not possible to (for lack of a better word) pin a good mecanum bot in the center of the field with nothing around. Almost every tank drive I have seen gets trapped when a robot side loads them. They can still spin in circles, and maybe manage to break free this way, but a good mecanum robot can spin off quickly in this situation.
Value these things as you will, but keep them in mind.
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