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Re: Octocanum Drive/ Mecanum Suspension Designs?

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
Yes, but it is often a manufacturing problem with the floor, rather than the robot. This year, as with many, it's a manufacturing design. There are these things called scoring platforms that disrupt the planarity of the field. Even in that lovely land of theory where everything works, this will result in one or more wheels becoming airborne when the robot meets one at an oblique angle.
Sure, the scoring platforms disrupt the planarity of the field, but when would you ever need to strafe ON the scoring platform? The primary use of holonomic drives have been in alignment to feeder station and landfill. Expecting mecanums to behave normally while going over or on the scoring platform isn't realistic, with or without suspension.
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