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Re: pic: SWREV3 Drive

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Originally Posted by Flimsor View Post
You could theoretically gear the swerve modules to turn together since all of them have to face the same direction to go anywhere anyways. You'd just power that with one motor, then another geared setup but to drive the wheels you want to.
Such a setup can only traverse along the X and Y axes. Any rotational motion is coincidental or caused by drift.
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