Thread: Semi-Omni-Arcade Drive
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Semi-Omni-Arcade Drive
Our programming team was discussing things we should do, and we were on the topic of better Drive, as the Drivetrain has just finished telling us what they were making. Thinking about how we had lost our best driver last year (senior), I thought of a Semi-Omni-Arcade Drive (SOAD) since we were not going to be using swerve/crab, mechanum,or omniwheels. You point the joystick in a direction, and the robot (using gyro or the like) then turns and goes in that direction.
Is there anyone who has done something similar, and if so, how did you do it?
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