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Re: What type of drive train is the most maneuverable?

While mecanum provides a nice balance of maneuverability with traction, the wheels themselves are fairly complicated, fragile, and can be expensive to machine/purchase. A two drive wheel two caster design is cheap in comparison and still provides great maneuverability. We chose the two caster design for our bot this past year.
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