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Unread 12-06-2014, 22:18
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Re: Why is swerve so slow?

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post

-Steering time. It takes time to steer the modules to where they want to go, and teams have different methods for dealing with this. Some assume it's instantaneous as they gear it fast, but this leads to a lot of the above error on the way there, which wastes battery and heats the motors more. Some teams turn power down until wheels are pointing where they want to go, and this also obviously adds a delay as the drive must wait before it starts really going.
I'll say we assume they are correct and taking off. The modules are actually really fast and we always take the shortest route to the desired angle. This requires inverting the drive motor direction if necessary.
We noticed our drivetrain chewed up batteries much faster when we swapped the Denso window motors for the AM 9012.