FRC T-bone-ing and Hexagonal drive

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by Ari423

Wheels with rollers also can't cause a T-bone, since they can't push with any substantial force. Swerve drive can place a T-bone.

Not true - I'm not sure about mecanum, but you can definitely friction pin other robots with omnis, we did it all the time in 2014.

Personally I'm a fan of active mechanisms to get out of T-bones. Using our offseason edition of our H-drive in 2014 we never got stuck in a pin unless it was against the wall. However, a hexagon is another way to achieve the same goal. If your team feels it's worth pursuing, go ahead and do it - speaking from experience, it really is an awful feeling to not even be able to control the movement of your robot just because someone's pushing you around.