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Originally Posted by lethc
Agreed. The reward for a well put together swerve drive is minimally higher than that of a robust tank drive, and swerve is much, much harder to pull off. A tank drive is more than enough for most FRC teams and its simplicity will allow your team to focus on more complicated design challenges (scoring).
I'd recommend developing a robust tank drive first for use in future competitions and then exploring swerve after you've done that. A tank drive like a WCD will perform perfectly fine for nearly all FRC games.
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I too agree, Five seasons with a wheeled tank drive or modified version. Always bulletproof, never failed. Always stock drive train gearboxes. Last year modified center wheels and added an h-pair in center of robot. This year was by far the most abusive game we've played and we ran 8" aluminum performance wheels from AndyMark and aside from some slightly bent wheels and axle bolts we had 0 failures. Our drivers literally beat the living crap out of the bot. While our design may be considered simple, we have never had a drivetrain failure and most teams in our district can't believe our drivetrain is all stock parts every year.
We live by two rules:
Build a bot that doesn't break
If it breaks we'll fix it before the next match.