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Re: Mecanum Suspensions
868 had an actuating Mecanum system, with pneumatics. This made somewhat of a suspension, and it weighed around 35 lbs. This took away from what we could do with the shooter, and everything else, so it really wasn't worth it (except we got the xerox creativity award for it... which made it worth it)
Using this system, we found that at quick stops and changing direction (front to back) the robot would severly tip... but it really never fell over. We also found that one of our wheels lifts off the ground, and doesn't touch, due to extremely slight differences in mounting, causing the robot to drive in biggish arcs, instead of straight lines.
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