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Re: Swerve with a twist

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Originally Posted by Skywalkar View Post
(It may, for example, be advantageous to design a swerve drive specifically to allow for the possibility of falling back to an alternative control scheme like the one described above.)
Dude that would be so cool.
A steering motor burns out, so somehow the robot shifts into using the drive motors for both drive and steering.
I'd love to see that implemented by someone (although probably not on an FRC robot, that sounds far too complex and unnecessary. If a motor burns out in a match, its probably better to just wait two minutes until the match is over and repair it.)
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