Video of Mecanum Drive Running Circles Around 6 Wheel Drives

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Originally Posted by IKE

126 had a pretty good run with them this year. They were really good in Archimedes beating 868 (wiht a lot of help) in 1 match. This video is likely the closest to "driving circles aroudn teh defender":
http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2013arc_qm51
126 is the little blue bumper bot, and a tall black red bot (I think 846?) repeatedly tries to defend with very little success. They have at least 4 altercations that match with the Defense slowing them down just a tiny bit. I don't know that "I" would credit mecs to this maneuverability, but I am pretty sure 126 would give them some credit. The mecs also seem to be good for lining up to the tower and to the feeder station.

Having competed against 126 in Boston, they were one of the quickest robots this year. They did not use the mecanum strafing capabilities too often but their driver had the ability to use it when necessary. I would not give the mecs 100% of the credit for this maneuverability but I would at least give them some.

Irrelevant, but the tall defender was 701, 846 was the short yellow bot on that alliance.