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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Odd, I view this one the other way.
We'd be pretty terrified picking a swerve that late in the draft if we also didn't really, really trust that team's ability to keep it running.
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A nonfunctional drive is DNP in either case - and a butterfly drive will at least be functional even if it doesn't work (just zip tie the modules up).
That said, I've seen more than a few robots from teams who tried swerve drive, got the drive to work... and basically didn't do anything else well, because of the resource drain of swerve. These robots can sometimes make GREAT third picks, because they can play certain kinds of defense in certain games better than tank drive robots.