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Originally Posted by JesseK
I believe he means strafing while on the ramp, not strafing in order to climb up the ramp. In any case, any sort of drive train will have issues climbing the bump at an off angle unless there's a suspension system. At an off angle it's guaranteed that at least 1 wheel will come off of the ground. If you want to go mecanum and climb the ramp, you will have tradeoffs to consider regardless of how you design it.
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Right, sorry. You are correct.
There was a team, though, that posted a video of strafing while on the bump. I forget who posted it at the moment. And I don't see how the metal sides of the mecanums would get in the way of strafing like that.
However, if any robot is caught sideways (meaning your drive wheels are parallel with the bump) (it's probably bottomed-out, firstly) on the bump, it's pretty much immobile until someone hits it off the top of the bump. Even then, you will likely roll over when you get pushed off (unless you have omni's (with large rollers?)? and if you have mecanums, it will be less likely, but still likely) At least, that's what I think.
In other words, if you're going to go up the bump, don't try to go over diagonally; things may not work out the way you want them to.