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Re: Mecanum gearbox issues

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Originally Posted by Gregor View Post
Encoders in teleop are still pretty useful if you can do it correctly. They make our movements much sharper.
In my experience, having tried PD control on mecanum, having the gyro was much more important. I agree that you could get a good control loop on each wheel but I never felt it was a must have feature. I actually got rid of it because I felt it was overkill because it consumed a large amount of resources for a small gain.

You and me probably seen our fair of mecanum drives with no gyros or encoders. To me the gyro is a must have feature for mecanums to operate effectively. I seen so many team struggle with mecanum because they did not realize the importance of using a gyro. Hopefully OP comments more but I am speculating its a control issue.
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