Another chapter to the 6WD vs. Mecanum debate

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Originally Posted by JamesBrown

I think the advantage to 6wd is pretty obvious and pretty much common knowledge, it is simple, reliable and easy to manuever. There is a reason that the majority of teams on Einstein every year seem to be 6 or 8wd

I think that's probably because the majority of teams in FIRST don't use mecanum. Walk around the pits at regionals if you don't believe me.

Mecanum is unequivocally more maneuverable than 6wd, and mechanically it's no more complex (and you can get working drive code online, I believe our team has published ours), and it's perfectly reliable - our team has never had a major drive failure (one which made our drive unusable or even less maneuverable than a 4wd) due to the mecanum wheels.

I encourage you to build a mecanum bot and push against a 6wd with it. I think you'll be surprised at how hard it is to actually get the mecanum to skid.