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Originally Posted by Chris is me
IFor mecanum drives I happen to be a fan of "halo style" controls with independent joysticks for movement and rotation, and I don't even play Halo, but I also happen to be a very big proponent of not using a mecanum drive.  I guess it just has always seemed more intuitive to me and whatever random kids drive the demo bot... |
I agree with your Chris. Since the student sthat are going to drive the robot generally have played halo, or at least a game similar to it, it makes it very easy to pick up the controls. Also, if someone came up with a better way to control omnidirectional drive systems (mecanum, swerve, etc), I would consider using it. But given the number of people who already know how to use "halo controls," I doubt I would use it.
Side note: my team is prototyping a swerve drive this fall and we are using halo controls for the robot.