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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92
In my experience, I have only competed with 2 robots that stick out in my mind as having implemented a mecanum drive in a fashion that in some way improved their overall strategic design and were executed well: Team 230 in 2010 and Team 58 in 2012. Both of these teams had creative ways to use their mecanum drives to do something that a standard tank drive could not (or at least not as simply or with the same resources). 230 used theirs to strafe sideways once atop the bumps in the field so they could engage their hooks and climb the tower, knowing they were lined up as they did so and not having to climb as far. 58 used their mecanum drive to position themselves against field elements in auto, moving along multiple axes to ensure they were in the proper location to consistently score their 10 point autonomous.
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Yup. In 2010 our robot had mecanum wheels and we definitely used them to our advantage. It was a great season for us winning 1 Regional, finalist at the other, and we made it to the semi-finals at Championships.
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Originally Posted by who716
I believe that it is very well known New England is where some of the heaviest defensive play occurs. watching events all over the US I noticed that in the west its offense offense offense. even in Texas the robots were made to play a purely offensive games, example 148 118, yes they play defense but there robot designs were more offensive. therefore I believe its true that mecanum wheels would be more common in those areas then up in new England.
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Although I agree that New England has some of the heaviest defense, I believe it is still possible to use mecanum to your advantage. We won the WPI regional and were finalist at the Connecticut regional (both in New England) in 2010 because we used the mecanum as a specific feature... and also because we had a very sturdy and well implemented control system.
I also agree that using it just for the perceived maneuverability and without gyro stabilization and other optimized control software can be a recipe for poor performance.