pic: Team 2022's Drivebase

[JHSmentor]

So - did you drive this as a crab drive or did you switch between all wheels pointing in the same direction (crab) and having the front / back wheels pointed in opposite directions? Or - did you just drive with the front and back wheels turning oppositely?

I ask because our bot this year was a somewhat similar design but probably a lot more simple (we just don't have the equipment to do anything more fancy). We had Ackermann steering for the front wheels and Ackermann for the back wheels separetely so they would turn opposite each other. our experience was very similar: we could push any other bot around easily and in many cases, 2 bots at a time (no traction control used either). Having properly designed Ackermann steering allowed the wheels to point in the direction of the turn at all times so there was no slip required to turn.