Mecanum Drivetrains

[Gabe1511]

Originally Posted by Flak-Bait

If you want to get creative, you can do all kinds of crazy things with mecanums. For example, in 2011, 1058 built this simple 4-cim mecanum drive with a twist. Each wheel had a third mecanum plate with cut-up pieces of truck mud flap on it. This plate could be actuated into the rollers, freezing the rollers in place, but not the wheel. With these activated, the robot would be a high-traction 4WD that could push other robots around. At the press of a button this would switch to the normal mecanum drive, giving it unmatched speed and maneuverability.

How effective was that strategy? It definitely sounds like it would appeal to my team, giving the best of both worlds.