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Mecanum or Swerve?

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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12-04-2010, 19:52

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Re: Mecanum or Swerve?

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Originally Posted by buildmaster5000

Now I am curious...you said sensors for swerve, but I'm not sure how we would implement said sensors (ie what types and where would we need them)

As far as programming, would you reccomend a joystick devoted to moving the robot in any direction and another axis (x axis on a 2nd stick comes to mind) devoted to rotating the robot around its CoG?

the typical minimum sensors needed for a swerve is at least one form or rotary position sensor to alert you as to the direction of your wheels.

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