Swerve Drive vs Mecanum Wheel drive?

[Jefferson]

Originally Posted by lcoreyl

Never built or driven a swerve, but wouldn’t lag depend on how it’s built and programmed? Are you saying it’s impossible to build one with acceptably small lag? In watching swerve used in competitions, I can’t say I’ve noticed lag as a “painful” problem. Hopefully someone with good swerve experience can speak on this.

It's not a problem at all. We actually used the Denso window motors to turn the modules for years until we were limited to two. We have since switched to the Andy Mark 9015. We actually limit these motors to a max 75% output and the hardware ramp on the Jags to limit battery drain.