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Unread 07-12-2007, 20:40
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Re: Controlling a Mecanum drive with two joysticks?

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Originally Posted by Leav View Post
  • use a two joystick design where each joystick controls the a corresponding side of the robot. this would allow full control but the exact function would need to be figured out.


-Leav
Be careful with implementation if you decide to go with tank. If you move the sticks opposite ways, the robot will be trying to tear itself apart/compress itself (yes I know it might be hard to do by accident but closed loop is better than open loop )


I believe 1675's Mecanum control was 1 stick left/right did pivot, the other stick did all directions of translation (including forward and backward)