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Originally Posted by alicen
...in my opinion, mecanums are still good for defense, but not the pushing kind. They're much better for the manueverable, get-in-the-way kind
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IMO, where locking mecanums really shine is on offense. When going for a goal, one can lock the rollers in order to make it difficult for a defending robot to knock them off course. Traditional mecanum drive trains are not expected to push, and thus can be geared quite high to increase mobility. However, when you lock the rollers in order to push, you now have a highly geared robot (which isn't good for pushing anyway). So, I would agree that mecanum is not the drive train for pushing, but locking the rollers does increase a robots ability to stay on course when hit.
Edit: "Disclaimer"
I was in no way involved with 190's robot this year so, essentially, this is just me analyzing another cool robot I saw at a regional.