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Re: Drives in general

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Originally Posted by Gamerboyb1 View Post
no when i say 4 wheel i mean with omni wheels.
that would be a very big act of lessened intelligence to just use regular wheels.
Omni wheels are nice for the fact that you still get a little bit of forward traction with them. However, once again, you still risk bottoming out on ramps as well as the fact that defending a robot with omni wheels in the front is relatively easy. With six wheel drive... not so easy.

I also wouldn't consider using four regular wheels as "lessened intelligence". Four wheels is perfect for any robot running long-way-forward. Four wheels is also pretty much required for a crab drive. I have never seen a six wheel crab drive on a FIRST robot. But I can't say I wouldn't enjoy it.

However, for a team looking to focus less on the drive and more on a complicated manipulator or ramp system, four wheel drive with omni wheels in front is as easy as it comes.
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