pic: 1625swervecad

[Aren_Hill]

each module has its own cim/dewalt 3 speed combo driving it. and the vandoor motor to rotate them all i chose this mainly because of only having to use 1 motor and the fact we have 4 2"wide wheels in contact with the ground.
if i link all the modules together i lose the ability to turn the frame itself yes i could do two and two but the drive systems been designed to handle 1 cim per 4"diameter wheel.
the dewalt gives us 3,7,12 fps speeds

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Gear

if i link all the modules together i lose the ability to turn the frame itself yes i could do two and two but the drive systems been designed to handle 1 cim per 4"diameter wheel.

No you don't, you will still be able to turn it like an ordinary skid steering drive base if programmed correctly (and the wheels in the right orientation).

[Aren_Hill]

if you mechanically link all 4 of the modules you lose the ability to turn now if you do two sets of two connected then you can turn skid steer style.
and one thing i've done is all of the modules rotation are solidly linked. so the wheels always point the same direction.

[Madison]

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We built a swerve frame, with all of the modules linked, and were still able to skid steer. Each side of the drive train is one it's drive system, and all were connected to the same steering system.

[Aren_Hill]

sorry when i said link them all together i mean that if you mechanically link the power to the wheel(all 4 cims) you then lose the ability to skid steer the bot
what i am doing is mechanically linking the rotation of the module. so i'll still have the ability to skid steer.

[AdamHeard]

So... you were all saying the same thing then...

Link the rotation of the modules to one motor, but each module or pair of modules will have its own power so skid steer will still be an option.