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Originally Posted by seanthompson
Rather than using a braking system, it seems simpler to me to have a shifting "swerve" drive, where one gear rotates the module, then shift into the other to drive the wheel. This has the same effect of only using 1 motor, and the robot can not move and rotate its wheels at the same time. It also eliminates the need for a braking system, and gets rid of some nasty math. However, it would be a lot of shifting...
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For ball shifting and dog shifting, when you shift, the other gear becomes free spinning right? So when you are turning your wheels the wheels would be free, which is not much of a problem. But when you are driving, won't your wheels be free to turn randomly? Unless you use a brake...
