2015: Year of the Mecanum

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03-01-2015, 12:38

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Re: 2015: Year of the Mecanum

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Originally Posted by Ether

My guess is this won't be a major issue with a properly built and driven mecanum.

For the record, we tried mecanums in 2008 and 2009, and just the plywood under the carpet would make things go wonky if you were trying to do a precise alignment.

I'm not saying they'll be undriveable, I'm just saying they're going to make auto and certain precision tasks a wee bit more challenging and error prone than they need to be.

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