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Re: Mecanum Trouble

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Originally Posted by Dawg2T4 View Post
Sending the robot a clockwise signal makes all of the wheels turn inward towards each other.
If that's the case, the change you should have made, according to previous posts, is to swap the FrontLeft and BackRight motor commands. Is that what you did?

If not, undo what you did and make the correct change.



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PS: you never did answer this post. It's important; it determines which motor commands should be swapped.
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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
What he needs to do is swap the FrontRight and BackLeft motor commands (if the rotate clockwise command is causing the wheels to turn "outward") or swap the FrontLeft and BackRight motor commands (if the rotate clockwise command is causing the wheels to turn "inward").
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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
If a rotate clockwise command causes all the wheels to run outward you need to swap the FrontRight and BackLeft motor commands.

If a rotate clockwise command causes all the wheels to run inward you need to swap the FrontLeft and BackRight motor commands.

Last edited by Ether : 28-01-2015 at 19:00.
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