15-01-2010, 23:03
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Re: Mecanum/sticky hybrid
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Originally Posted by Sam2197
is it possible to run two mecanum wheels on the front of the robot and two sticky wheels in the back. if so would we have a ton of worry about going over the bumps from my thoughts it sounds good because it lets us have a really long base and still be able to turn without having a six or 8 wheel drive or having a narrow base. just wonderin if this is a innovative way of using a mix of two worlds and be succesful or just doomed for failure
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Two omni (not mecanum), two traction wheels is a fairly common way to reduce turning scrub, at the expense of one side of your drivetrain being fairly easy to spin.
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