Thread: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.
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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
To me it speaks volumes that more top teams don't run them. I'd wager a fair number of top teams have tested mecanums in private, and chose to not use them. I won't say that we are or aren't a top team, but we tested mecanums (this is the first time it's public knowledge) and were not happy with them versus a fast and well tuned Nwd.
Top teams don't run mecanum drives because they don't have to. When they choose to use a holonomic drivetrain, they have the resources and can afford the added complexity of swerve or butterfly - they engineer out the known deficiencies.

To me, the beauty of AM's mecanum wheel is that it makes easy holonomic drivetrains available to low resource teams.

IF we see more field layouts like 2010 (with tight areas to maneuver and precision driving required), I suspect we'll see more teams chose holonomic drivetrains, which will mean more mecanum drives.
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