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Re: Mixing Jaguars and Victors

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Originally Posted by Nadav Zingerman View Post
How could that work seeing as they always spin at the same speed, and thus have the same encoder reading.
Imagine a 4WD robot where each wheel is independently driven without being slaved to any other (for example, a mecanum or crab drive). To drive straight you want to match all 4 motors to each other, but there is a "slipping" clutch between each of them (your tread material!).