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Re: Team 20: The Rocketeers - 2015 Reveal

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Originally Posted by Aidan H. View Post
Have you encountered any problems consistently strafing (driving in the direction of your forklift) with significant weight being held by the lift (3 or more totes)? I know that was a possible issue with mecanums this year, having uneven weight distribution, but I was curious as your robot would have to always strafe if you wanted to travel forward.

Great bot! And I like the tote shot (shoot? chute?).
We have some boss programmers this year. That and the robot doesn't really need to strafe much once its carrying big stacks.

Tote shot? No, chute door.
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