pic: Jester Drive:Mecanum Wheel Drive Train

[Alex357]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

No one get at Pitt was able to push on you for an extended period of time anyway. You just strafed and sidestepped them.

How is the 3 degrees of freedom (spinning while translating) development coming? I would love to see that at Philly.

We have an early code for the three degrees of motion. However, being able to use it is a completely different question. It's not so much a code issue as it is a driver issue. We would have to use a "flight stick" and training a driver to control a truly omni-directional robot would take time. We are definately planning on doing demos with it, but i'm pretty sure it won't show up in this year's competition. Maybe you'll see it at a post-season event.