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Re: A small issue with our Mecanums

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Originally Posted by meatmanek View Post
See my previous post. The axis of the rollers must be radial to the robot, not tangent to it. If the rollers are tangent to the robot, 90 degrees to the rollers will always be pointing out from or in to the robot's center, hence, you cannot turn your robot, or prevent others from turning it.
I'm pretty sure that's what I meant, but no worries. Thanks for clarifying.