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Stepper motors in swerve drive?

Hi there! So our team is making plans to build a robot for demonstration purposes, and one of the ideas we are playing with is swerve drive. We have never actually built a swerve system before, so I realize it will probably take some time to work out the kinks, but it sounds like fun!

Anyway, one big question I have is: Could a stepper motor (or servo motor, I've heard it both ways) be used to handle the rotation of the wheel modules, instead of an FP/CIM/Window Motor and a potentiometer?

I realize that it couldn't be used in competition (unless the rules on motors change), but since this is a demo bot, that won't be a problem.