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Re: potential future white paper: swerve drive implementation

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
Isnt it just simple as getting the angle of the joystick relative to the center of the joypad., which is using tangents. Then get the distance of the joypad from the center, which would be the speed.... Doesnt sound all that complicated as people make it out to be...
That would be CRAB drive, the simpler, less maneuverable cousin of swerve drive.
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