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Originally Posted by MARS_James
Despite being on 1523 (who has used mecanums since 2011) with the OP for years I agree with all your statements except for the above, where is the data to support that statement since mecanums have nothing to do with a manipulator?
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Correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation here, and mecanum robots aren't considered by us to have poor manipulators *because* of their wheel choice. I'm trying to say that many teams that have mecanum wheels didn't get picked for other reasons as well, not just their wheel choice.
As for data, the robots that are near the bottom of our pick lists or on our DNP lists are more likely to have mecanum wheels than the robots near the middle or top of our pick lists. I could publish our Finger Lakes pick list from this year if you really want hard numbers, but it's just a trend I've noticed. There are exceptions, and I'm reasonably sure that 1523 would be one.