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Re: Spinning the Robot with Mecanum Wheels

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Originally Posted by craigboez View Post
Here's a question: if you mount your wheels in a square configuration (ie, your wheelbase = your track), is it possible to rotate your bot about center?
Yes. It'll actually work best that way.

(...unless you have your wheels swapped, in which case it won't be able to rotate itself at all.)