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Re: 2015: Mecanum or Slide?

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Originally Posted by pimathbrainiac View Post
because it is true. If you have the same gearboxes with the same motors, the wheels rotate at the same speed, but mecanum looses some of that due to the way the wheels are angled.
Why do you need to be fast in this game?

A better way to look at this game is analyze where your robot needs to go and what is between you and that point. How do you get from these points the fastest? Will that route change during the match? If so how do you overcome that?
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