WCD vs. Swerve

[Ninja_Bait]

Wow, sounds like everyone's prototyping a WCD and a swerve this year. Thought we were the only ones! Anyway, we too ended up only building the WCD. It's way simpler, cheaper, and easier to build. Even if we had built the swerve drive, we'd have never used it this year because of the complex programming and likely engineering issues that would have cropped up. We may use the WCD, though.

Also remember that good drivers trump good robots. Not only is it easier to drive a WCD, but the shortened build schedule affords you more practice time.

Swerve drive IS awesome, but only if you've perfected it. It sucks when it doesn't work or doesn't drive or doesn't fit in budget.