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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday
My first thought was
Tank drive will never work, since you have such an awful turning radius, unless your scoring system is seperate from the direction the robot is facing.
Next I thought Mecanum, since they can go sideways, and line up great for an elevator style scorer. But then I realized that mecanums are quite slow, so its quite a conondrum.
Could someone outline why 6WD would be good for this year?
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Tank drive has 0 turn radius.
The reason why teams tend to go with 6WD Drop is because it shortens the effective wheelbase, reducing wheel "scrub". Basically it makes it so that the robot is able to turn without jumping around or stalling.
Mecanum drive can be just as fast as any other drive system, its all in the gearing.