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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.

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Originally Posted by Zaque View Post
Has anyone considered picking a mecanum robot after talking to the team about switching the wheels to traction for eliminations? Or do you think the lack of drive practice would offset any benefits from the traction wheels?
I'd say that the lack of drive practice would effectively disqualify that option. Along with:

--You now have a 4WD all-traction setup. Generally speaking, those don't turn easily. (With the shorter wheelbases we've seen the last couple of years, though, that's less of an issue.)
--You really need to make a major change to the programming, like eliminating the sideways motion part. Otherwise the robot will act really funny on the field. (Alan Anderson has a story about that somewhere...) But changing the program requires some testing, which you probably won't have time to do...

In short, not a good option. Either you take a mecanum robot as a mecanum robot or you leave them for someone else to take.
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