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Re: pic: Lightweight 8 CIM Shifting Swerve Drive Chassis

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Not if you want a full-featured swerve. The cim in the middle will limit what kind of snake turns you can make. Each wheel in the swerve has to be able to rotate and speed up fully independently.
For crab drive, you can indeed chain them together.
With good code, a rectangular robot, and 6 CIMs of torque; I think you would be able to do any swerve movement with a little scrubbing.
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