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Re: Can Mecanum wheels pass the scoring zone?
I will second pfreivald here. It is easy to build a mecanum drive and easy to program with the already available resources. As with any drive train, uneven surfaces can be a problem, but that is one that you can solve by practicing. Having the bump lift wheels off the ground can largely be dealt with by wheel size and/or where the wheel is mounted. My biggest concern with mecanum this year is actually that it tends to produce a bumpier ride than standard wheels, which might present a stability problem, depending on your mechanism for picking up and carrying totes/containers. That said it is one of the drive train choices we are prototyping now.
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Oh great, look what you just did. The GDC will probably find ways to use this to torture teams in 2011. I hope you're happy now. - synth3tk [more] 
06-01-2015, 11:17
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