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Re: Questions about crab/swerve drive.

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Originally Posted by Steve_Alaniz View Post
To be honest, the "go to team" on crab drives is 118, the robonauts, and they are really happy to share what they know and how they do it. Their system allows them to use 1 to 4 cims and depending on the game they change the number every year. They had a display at the championship of their many evolutions ( very interesting stuff ). I'd look them up and drop them an e-mail.
It depends what kind of crab drive you are looking to do. If you are thinking Coaxial then 118 is definitely the team. However if you are doing a pod design with the motors in the modules then teams like 111 or 71 are better ways to go. Another exotic design is the Martians, 494 and 70 had them only anchored on wheels that were similar to what you would find in a drawer slide and turned by cabling that you would find in a bike, a very different and reliable solution that they innovated.
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