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Originally Posted by Billfred
I know first-hand that mecanum drives go back to at least 2006 (357--Royal Assault--ran them to the Florida Regional finals). I know AndyMark had them available for the 2008 season (1293 used parts from them). That's seven years (okay, six if you want to discount Lunacy) of development for the masses. Swerve was around no later than 2000 (per this CD-Media picture of Chief Delphi (as in FRC 47) that year), maybe a couple years prior? With the raw number of teams now compared to then, I have to think mecanum has matured as an option by now.
That's the first swerve I can think of that won it all. Can any old-timers go further back with a winner? |
Not winners, but 47 ran swerve for the first time in either 97 or 98 (someone told me that on here recently, but right now I'm on mobile and can't easily search).