Team 2052's Mecanum Showcase!

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Originally Posted by pntbll1313

What we have found is that when you push a tank robot sideways the only thing stopping them is their static friction with the carpet. When we get pushed sideways we can provide a force in the opposite direction to the push. I can't site any equations as I don't have friction coefficients but I would bet we are at least as hard if not harder to push sideways when we are strafing into the hit than a tank drive.

...Are you saying you don't slip your wheels (or rollers) when you strafe into a colson/nitrile tank drive?

I'd take those equations: a tank's going to have basically double your CoF. AM lists their mecanum as 0.6 sideways (0.7 axial), and we've got nitrile at around 1.2 AM puts HiGrips a bit lower, while VexPro puts Versas right there. Colsons are even higher--I recall people modifying colsons to like 1.5. (EDIT: colson link)