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Re: Mecanum or Swerve?

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Originally Posted by sgreco View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understood you locked your swerve modules in place and skidded in elims at WPI.
That's an interesting and one hundred percent wrong rumor.

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Originally Posted by StuMac View Post
correlation != causation.
Actually, in this case our swerve drive was the reason for our success. Our alliance had two strong offensive robots (230, 20) and we were the strong defensive robot in the opponent's home zone. Without a swerve drive, we would never have been able to defend two robots simultaneously by constantly strafing, out-maneuvering, and out-pushing them.
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