Mecanum Simulator

[al7994]

Does anyone know of a way (excluding labview) that it's possible to simulate a mecanum drive for driver practice?

[jbsmithtx]

Not to sound sarcastic, but the best way to practice driving a mecanum base is to use a mecanum base. Each different mecanum base drives differently, depending on the circumstances of the way it is built. We have two stark contrasts. Our robot this year has a seamlessly balanced mecanum base, and handles perfectly in accordance with what we want. However, last year our base was off a couple hundredths with each wheel, and we could slightly rock the robot. These handle very differently, even though they are both very drive-able and quick.

So my advice, if you're worried about driver practice with a mecanum base, get it done and practice as extensively as you can. But I honestly think mecanum is the easiest drive base to drive, simply because it has the same characteristics as some video games. I would not worry about practice with the base. I would worry about practice with mechanisms.

[Joe Ross]

What do you have against LabVIEW?

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross

What do you have against LabVIEW?

I'm assuming that the LabVIEW runs horribly slowly on their computer like it does on ours. It's not a problem with the simulator, though. We just have slow computers.

[Caleb Sykes]

Halo.

[Peyton Yeung]

Either the 5th gear software or the diamond bullet studios software works well.

[Jibri Wright]

Originally Posted by inkling16

Halo.

Made me laugh but so true