Mecanum Drive Train

[Charmander]

Originally Posted by Duke461

More info here and here
Waittt a second. You already posted this thread. Please do not double up. The forums are bogged down enough already. Normally I'd be a lot more upset, but I'm in a good mood right now.

The other thread was oriented more toward the question of IF mecanum wheels could handle it. This one is oriented toward the question of HOW (design ideas) mecanum wheels could handle it. But there are similarities. I'm glad you're in a good mood however!

[mjgard]

We tested our mecanum bot from last year on a simulated ramp using whiteboards as the surface and managed to climb onto the ramp without a problem. The whiteboards should simulate the ramp surface for our purpose I feel.

[ThirteenOfTwo]

We tested last year's bot (mecanum wheels) on our prototype ramp after covering the ramp in regolith. It climbed up fairly easily and was able to balance within ten seconds. We're going to try to buy a sufficiently sized sheet of polycarbonate soon for testing purposes, but I feel pretty good about the chances of mecanum being able to do this.