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FRC #1640 (Sab-BOT-age)
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Re: pic: 1640 Pivot Module

To Dillon Carey,
We used Labview for the programming. Since each wheel is independently driven and steered, the software development was not trivial. On the other hand, with a choice of crab and snake drive, and two different robot twist modes (around the drive-train centerpoint and around the possessed ball centerpoint), we have a remarkably agile and maneuverable robot. It was worth the effort.

This is basically a fly-by-wire robot.
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