Mecanum Einstein this year

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

I think that eventually we will see one in the next few years. I have seen several teams with mecanums who are programming their robots to give them a competitive edge. Granted there are trade offs but 1503 proved this year that trade offs don't hurt you when done right.

I have seen one mecanum robot from this year that can't be pushed easy and from knowing this team, they will build immensely on what they learned this year!

Originally Posted by Ether

What do you think they did to make it so it couldn't be pushed easily?

If I don't miss my guess, Brendon is talking about the PVC Pirates (1058). They were able to lock the rollers of their Mechanums, basically changing them to a skid steer system, on the fly.

It was, IMHO, very impressive.