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Re: Robot orientation: Long or wide?

It depends which way the wheels are oriented.

A "swerve drive" system has a variable orientation, but I believe all the other drive system designs have a wheel orientation that is fixed.

A "long" robot has the wheels parallel to the long frame axis. A "wide" robot has the wheels parallel to the short frame axis. See attatched sketch.
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