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Re: First team with swerve drive?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Is there a shorter name, widely understood within the CD community, for a 4-wheel independent-steering and independent-driven drivetrain, with unlimited rotation of the wheels and sensors, and no gaps in the sensor feedback?

If not, could a longtimer here please invent one? It sure would be useful when discussing control methods.
Some systems with most of those features have the name "pod" in them. Given the number of hypothetical features listed, though, I'm tempted to dub it a "spherical chicken drive".