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[thefro526]

Originally Posted by vivek16

I have actually been thinking about that. Couldn't you lock the wheels of a crab in a 4wd orientation and (if you have each side independently driven) just turn like a 4wd bot?

Has anyone attempted this?

-Vivek

You can do pretty much anything you can imagine with a swerve. Just if you have a coaxial like 148 or 118 where there's only one central gearbox providing power to all of the wheels you can't turn like a tank. With some tricky Programming and the ability to steer either side independently then you could turn in theory but it wouldn't be easy. My suggestion would be, if you have a vex kit you could prototype a bunch of swerve drives and try different motor configurations and control systems.