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Re: Mecanum. What's Best

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Originally Posted by lbarger View Post
We had more of a problem with our budget built gearboxes having different amounts of internal friction. If I were to do it again, I would vote for toughbox (standard or nano) driving each wheel.

You could go one step further and use wheel speed sensors to control wheel speed, thus mitigating not only friction variation but also differences in motor torque gain.