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Re: Mecanum Drive Train
You can find lots of examples of mecanum robots on Youtube. To get started, search for "1346 mecanum" and you'll see the one we built a couple years ago.

While I would suggest that you heed the advice about not committing to a drive train until the game is announced, there is absolutely nothing wrong with preparing to build a mecanum once you know it will match your team's game strategy. The worst thing that will happen is that you will learn a lot about mecanum (and other omni-directional) drive systems.

There are a GREAT many forums here on CD discussing the benefits/disadvantages of mecanums and tips/techniques for building them.

Jason