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Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence
Hi there,
You will get better performance (actually being able to strafe) out of mecanum wheels by installing them on your robot in the correct orientation. When viewed from the top, the rollers on the chassis should form an 'X' as outlined in this document.
Good luck this season!
-Nick |
Actually, with the wheels in the orientation in the video, strafing wouldn't be a problem, though the required wheel rotations would be swapped. The real issue with the swapped wheels is that the robot can't rotate very well. In fact, their COG must be off-center even without a load to be able to rotate at all. The rotation actually gets better as the load increases and the COG moves farther forward.