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Originally Posted by thefro526
Also it is much easier to climb ramps with Mecanums.
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I have to disagree. Mecanum wheels tend to wander side-to-side when trying to negotiate a ramp, even one that is relatively small. One of our alliance partners at nationals struggled to get on our lifts which had 1.5" (very low) ramps. Their robot had difficulty driving in a straight line, something that was required to get up on our lifts.
Perhaps the problem was with some other component in the drive system of their robot but it has caused our team to shift our focus from mecanum to crab for experimentation.
Spend the 2 cents wisely!
Sean