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Unread 28-03-2010, 22:12
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AKA: Ian Pudney
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Re: How Do mecanum wheels handle the bumps?

Actually, mecanum wheels, at least for my team, have no trouble going over the bumps. The main reason people think they have trouble seems to be that the driver must get the robot lined up fairly straight, but 'fairly straight' appears to be about 10 degrees margin of error in each direction. Our robot can simply drive up to the bumps, and drive over, no problemo.
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