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Re: 2015: Year of the Mecanum

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
You see those bumps called the scoring platforms? Those are going to going to cause all sorts of headaches for mecanums. 5-wheel strafe drive with the strafe wheel on a pneumatic suspension should work well, I think.
This. Mecanums won't handle the bumps well, also mecanums need a very even weight distribution to work properly, I imagine there are going to be a lot of unevenly distributed robots this year...
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