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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
The strafe wheel needs to be centered relative to the mass of the robot rather than the geometry. If for some reason this is not possible due to other mechanisms, structural support, etc. you will need some other way to correct for the robot's curved movement when attempting to strafe (like a gyro assisted correction system) since it probably won't drive in a straight line.
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Yes, I had a detail question which I would not have asked if I did not know this:
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
- How much advantage is there to doing multiple strafe wheels? Is it a serious problem if a single strafe wheel is a little bit (no more than 2") off of the center of mass?
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Unfortunately, after the mechanicals were done on this, we shifted to doing an active intake, lift, and dumper for tennis balls. One works well (intake), one fairly (dumper), and one poorly (lift, based on velcro gripping the ball). The team was working on this one through yesterday evening; now we're taking two weeks off for the Christmas/New Year holiday, and will come back doing mostly mental and organizational prep for kickoff.