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Re: Examples of wide-based robots using traction and omni wheels

My team used a wide robot with kit wheels in the front and omni-wheels in the back for the 2008 season, after doing this in a long configuration had worked out well the year before. In the end I think the robot ended up turning too well as we only had one or two students who could actually drive the thing and it still fish-tailed or spun out on occasion during matches (we were also geared for 13 fps which didn't help matters). Since then we've gone back to the long configuration with omnis every year since because it gives us good turning without going overkill like the wide base did with it.

I found a video of ours with some of our practice driving, skip ahead to about 1 minute in to see the robot actually driving around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRYY...nCcI2E3HOLmYKZ

I'm sure the blue alliance has some match footage as well but that will probably be far away shots of the field.
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