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Re: pic: Team 2220's Swerve Drive Chasis

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Originally Posted by Jedward45 View Post
Thanks for the feedback! We have already prototyped the module and found really no problems with it. The big question mark will be attaching the lateral drive and rotational chains. However, we have the resources to build multiple chassis, so we have some room for error. We also built a failsafe into the design. If we cant drive the modules w/swerve, we can lock their positions and drive standard tank.
Just remember - mechanical is half the battle. More like a third.

A third is control. Swerve is by no means intuitive to control.

A third is driving practice - swerve is not intuitive to drive no matter how you code it, so your driver needs a lot of time to get used to it for it to really show its advantages.

(Also, the biggest mechanical challenges of swerve come once the module is attached to a full chassis)
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