Mecanum or 6WD

[EricH]

Originally Posted by evoluti1

Secondly, it gets better traction. (I was talking with someone from 330 at one of the regionals, and they had put a mecanum drive bot in a pushing match with the 6WD. Mecanum lost consistently, even with the same gearing).

IIRC, it was a 4WD (2003 drill motor drivetrain). Same principle, though. We also put those two through the block/get around block routine. Mecanum still lost! Because mecanum lost both pushing and block evasion, the 6WD stayed on our competition robot. Results of that were good; this was in 2005.

If 330 ever saw that mecanum would be an advantage, they could do it. The mecanum that lost to the tank drive systems had two years of development behind it. Knowledge doesn't disappear very well...