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View Poll Results: Swerve or Mecanum? Which does your team prefer?
Mecanum 26 24.53%
Swerve 49 46.23%
Neither, they are too complex and 4wd or 6wd will do the job 31 29.25%
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Re: Mecanum or Swerve?

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Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence View Post
Another drive system you could research is a kicker drive system, also known as a slide drive system. It's basically a 4WD setup with omni wheels, with a fifth powered omni wheel mounted in the center of the chassis, that allows the robot to strafe.

We've never built one for FRC, but many for VRC. I'd love to prototype one that would be FRC-ready though.

-Nick
But you can strife with regular omni.
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