Has anyone made a swerve drive that's run on one motor?

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Can anyone provide examples of teams that jumped into swerves cold in a 6 week build season and fully exploited it? I am honestly curious my experience is limited to the northeast US. I would be very curious if they bought the modules or borrowed their code to make it work in that timeframe. I can accept it is possible but would like to understand the details.

I belive the late team 1717 did just that in 2009, or at least that is what the new cool made it sound like.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

I belive the late team 1717 did just that in 2009, or at least that is what the new cool made it sound like.

Per this post:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=34

Confirmed here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=102

2000 hours for 5 mentors and 5 students is basically 2 6 week build seasons if you work around the clock.

Still a highly impressive effort and result.

Here is the evolution of their swerve steering over several years:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=61

Even if it is 2000 man hours which could be 200 hours each for 10 people - they built variations for years so by the time they built 4 wheel independent steer they already had design, build and drive experience.