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Re: Drive Train & Control Types '07

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Originally Posted by rachal View Post
There was one very interesting omnidrive at SVR (I think it was team 362) that used two wheels on each side of the bot, with each pair parallel to its corresponding side. Pretty wicked looking

I also saw one with AM omnis arranged at 45 degree angles, much like mecanums.

422 also did the first method of omni wheels, although for ramping I think that the 45 degree method would have been better.

We also controlled it like a first person shooter game to try and get a more intuitive drive system.
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