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Originally Posted by squirrel
Mecanum has an advantage with this type of game, where you will probably spend a lot of time driving straight ahead, and in this situation the rollers on all 4 mecanum wheels do not rotate relative to the wheel body. With mecanum, you only have "wasted motion" when strafing (sideways) or rotating the robot.
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Is this true? I was under the impression that a Mecanum wheel with 45* rollers was essentially the same as using 4 omni wheels located at 45* angles.
If the rollers are at 45* angles how is there any difference in what the part of the wheel contacting the floor any different in the forward direction than it is side ways.