[FTC]: Gyro Straight

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Originally Posted by j_johnson888

Mecanum

You can use a gyro to maintain the heading of a bot (i.e. keep it pointed in the same direction).

If you keep a skid-steer pointed in the same direction it will, for the most part, drive in that direction

With a mecanum, the bot can drift left/right (strafe) without turning, so keeping it pointed in the same direction doesn't necessarily prevent it from drifting sideways.

If your mec bot drifts left/right or rotates when given a pure forward command, my suggestion would be to work on the mechanical and electrical aspects of the drivetrain to correct that as much as possible before turning to software solutions.