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Re: Mecanum drive

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Originally Posted by RobotRaider View Post
As for speed i know that strafe motion is about half of your forward ability
Half?? Wow, you must have been watching some bots with pretty beat-up wheels.

Quality mecanum wheels will have nearly equal forward and strafe speed, but they are very expensive. If they get hit and damaged so that the rollers don't spin freely under load, you'll start to see degradation in sideways speed.