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Re: Mecanum Wheel Setup Help

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Originally Posted by Dylan5019 View Post
whe have them set so that the rollers in the front are to the left and the rollers in the back are to the right.
You won't be able to drive straight that way. Your robot will want to move the front diagonally in one direction and the rear diagonally in the other direction, making it drive in a tight circle.

The wheels on opposite sides of the robot need to have opposite orientation. The contact between the rollers and the floor needs to be in an "O" configuration. If you have it in an "X", the robot will not be able to spin well (or at all) under its own power, and it will be easy for an external force to spin it.
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