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Originally Posted by Chak
Do you have a way of making sure the robot won't move forward while the wheel turns in a circle? After all the forward force is still there. Maybe you can turn 2 modules at a time, letting the other two modules brake the robot, but that's much slower than a traditional swerve.
How about the load on the cantilevered wheel axle?
Yeah, this is a cool idea.
If you're looking to use less motors though, there's always crab drive
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Preventing the forward movement could have a lot to do with the load distribution on the modules. Braking does seem like a viable option however.
The load on the cantilever would be something to eliminate from this design, that's true.
Crab drive sacrifices individual module control for the loss in motors though.