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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, 23:01

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Re: Mecanum or Swerve?

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Originally Posted by big1boom

MECANUM
PRO:
Very simple build
Reliable
Easy to program
Doesn't require sensors

I admit that I have never programmed a mecanum drive, but I dont see it being easy to program. Sure, maybe the basic movements are simple, however I have seen few mechanum drive robots that are controlled effectively. This tells me that either the drivers dont know how to reap the benefits of a mecanum drive, or that the drive code is not up to par.

I programmed an omni drive robot in 08, and by no means was it easy, and it was nowhere near as controllable as I hoped.

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