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Originally Posted by jtkellertx
Wow, now that is creative.
I'm not trying to put you guys down but isn't that solving the same thing mechanum does? And if you've already went so far to make seperate modules, wouldn't it be worth while to make a swerve drive? It would probably be better in a pushing match than omni's.
Just a thought...
Again, great design, very well made.
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almost, but not quite.
mecanums are still frictionless (somewhat) in all directions, so if someone pushes you, you are limited in what you can do to stay in control. as far as swerve drive, thats very complex to build (and keep running). in last years game, the linkage was perfect because it did all of our directional driving but also gave us full torque in a direction of our choice. if a robot started pushing us, we could move the wheels to that direction and have 4 CIMs of power to fight back. it worked well last year, but now we'll have to see how well it could work for the game this year.