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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait

Is it more agile than a mecanum drive?

Originally Posted by Ether

In the forward direction mecanums will go the same speed as a standard wheel (neglecting parasitic losses due to roller axial free play and carpet stretching which causes the rollers to spin). Omni will go sqrt(2) faster due to the 45 degree angle.

Do mecanums correspondingly have sqrt(2) more torque than an omni setup with the same mechanical advantage? Or are mecanums that much less efficient?

If it's just a matter of mecanums essentially having more mechanical advantage, then this doesn't answer the question of one being more agile, as the same characteristics could be got by changing the gear ratio of one or the other. (not a criticism against your answer, just saying there's more discussion to be had)