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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
That's a basic holonomic drive with wheels mounted at 90º. A number of FIRST teams have used it, including 116 (2005), 1541 (2006), and 422 (2007).
Also, swerves do not HAVE to have each wheel powered individually. A "co-axial swerve" has all 4 wheels powered together, then steered in pairs.
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in 2002, our team (343) had a similar base, but with 6 omni's. two on each side, and one on the front and back. i would have to say that it worked very well.