A Swerve Drive Question

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19-07-2006, 21:58

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Re: A Swerve Drive Question

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Originally Posted by lndnny

I had figured you could just do that, but wondered if there was another way to do it. With a holonomic drive, isn't it best to have the wheels in a perfect square (or diamond)? The wheel modules in a design I've been working on are farther apart.

They don't have to be in a perfect square, and not being in a square shouldn't make it much less efficient, but it might be harder to program it. See this thread for more: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=38839.

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