Thread: Mecanum Wheel Considerations
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Unread 15-01-2010, 13:54
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Re: Mecanum Wheel Considerations
Hello All,

Two years ago Team 2171 won the West Michigan Regional on mecanum wheels playing FIRST Overdrive. So naturally when we got the new controller last year, we experimented with the Mecanum wheels using LabView.

We used the LabView software driver and it worked just fine. Converting the joystick's output to the format the mecanum driver needs proved to be an interesting problem with a surprisingly simple solution, BTW.

I must add that I have not yet looked at the LabView software for the 2010 season to see if anything has changed on the mecanum driver's inputs. I'm guessing (and hoping) that it didn't change so we can just re-write the code we had working last year.

The key to success with these wheels is practice. The robot's motion is not at all intuitive, so your drivers will need plenty of practice to get a feel for its abilities.

Good luck playing Breakaway everybody!

Keith Hall
Mentor
Team 2171, Crown Point Indiana RoboDogs.
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