Thread: Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?
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Re: Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?
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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
We won a regional in 2015 teamed up with a mecanum bot as the #1 seed.
So while we are not opposed to teaming up with a robot that uses it, we are definitely against using mecanum wheels for our own robot.
Tank drives have way more advantages than the pluses for using mecanum.
Mecanums should only be used for intakes!
You mean vectored intake wheels? why would you use them on the ground?

I'm confused

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