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Originally Posted by GCarnes
We are using mecanum wheels for the first time this year ... Does anyone have a way of getting drive practice without using the comp bot?
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The short answer is: No.
Everything about driving your bot depends upon how it has been programmed. You can program the drive to act like other wheels, with the benefit of strafing, or the programmers could have set up field oriented driving (push the stick forward, and the robot moves away from you, regardless of its orientation).
Also, has the mecanum drive been tuned? Does strafing go left/right, or is there some drift? If you have not practiced much with the bot, I presume that stuff has not yet been worked out.
How fast your bot accelerates, turns, and travels over the step. How easy it is to pick-up and manipulate Totes and RC's. How easy is it to align with the Chute. That is all bot dependent, and you can only get that with your bot, or with a practice bot that is similar to your bot.