Thread: Mecanum or Swerve?
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Unread 12-04-2010, 18:55
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Re: Mecanum or Swerve?
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Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence View Post
Another drive system you could research is a kicker drive system, also known as a slide drive system. It's basically a 4WD setup with omni wheels, with a fifth powered omni wheel mounted in the center of the chassis, that allows the robot to strafe.

We've never built one for FRC, but many for VRC. I'd love to prototype one that would be FRC-ready though.

-Nick
But you can strife with regular omni.
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