Swerve Drive vs Mecanum Wheel drive?

[Citrus Dad]

From a scouting perspective, we heavily discount robots with mecanum drive because they don't have the same defensive abilities as tank drive. To be honest, we haven't see a high-scoring mecanum drive robot, even at Worlds, so I don't have an opinion about the use there.

Offensive robots with swerve are amazing. 368 was amazing on our alliance at SVR, and of course 1717 has produced some of the best robots possible.

My assessment: if you're not ready to contend for being one of the very best robots at your regionals, then stick with tank drive, but if you're going to make that plunge, choose swerve over mecanum.