Strategic Uses of Swerve Drive

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Re: Strategic Uses of Swerve Drive

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

With perfectly free-spinning rollers, this is true. However, with suitable attention to the tightness of the roller axles, one can in theory "tune" a mecanum system for better forward traction at the expense of sideways traction.

That is absolutely true. For that matter one could mount omni wheels at angles other than 45 degrees to accomplish something similar.

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