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Re: 2015: Year of the Mecanum

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
For the record, we tried mecanums in 2008 and 2009, and just the plywood under the carpet would make things go wonky if you were trying to do a precise alignment.

I'm not saying they'll be undriveable, I'm just saying they're going to make auto and certain precision tasks a wee bit more challenging and error prone than they need to be.
Unless you're talking offseason prototypes, I highly doubt that *cough *
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