pic: Team 935 RaileRobotics Teaser #1

[Tom I]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Can someone explain to me the vector math behind a two mecanum two traction system (as opposed to two traction two omni)? I've tried to figure it out but I honestly can't get it to "work" in a way that would make sense to ever use in a drivetrain.

I'm still not positive on this, but if they have a hybrid traction/mecanum drive, then it would behave semi-similar to traction/omni, with a few differences. True, there would be some vector differences, which I still haven't figured out yet, but think about this: One main down side to traction/omni that I've always seen is you get pushed, a lot. Another robot can push on the side of your bot with the omni, and your robot will be turned unless you fight it. This seems to be a solution to that, because the rollers on two mecanum don't line up like the rollers on two onmi, so there'd be resistance there, fighting the turning of the robot. If this works, it seems like a pretty good idea.