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Re: Hexagon / Octagon frame with Swerve

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
The most often cited benefit of hexagonal and octagonal frames is avoiding friction pins/t-bones. Considering that a well programmed/driven swerve drive should already be able to accomplish this, I'm curious as to your reasoning for pursuing such a drivetrain.
I thought a main benefit of octagons was to make the robot bigger. Allow wider collectors and such.