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View Poll Results: How mecanum drive effects a teams position on your pick list
Automatic DNP 34 11.07%
Moved lower 84 27.36%
Depends on performance 161 52.44%
Nothing (does not effect position) 22 7.17%
Other (please explain in thread) 6 1.95%
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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
2220 has been picked by a certain MN team that has used mecanum for the last few years-- 2052 (who has also won three regionals in a row now).

However, frankly, they're the only team I've ever seen that was successful with mecanum-- and that's because a whole lot of driver practice (they're also the only mecanum bot I've seen that actually "runs circles" around others in terms of evasiveness), and just generally the great quality that they build into their robots.
Thanks for the complements! (We've actually won 4 regionals in a row, and 2 state championships, but who's counting )
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