Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Lord Basket

While they haven't explicitly said they'd never pick a mecanum robot, they don't seem to think too highly of mecanums, to say the least.

We don't have a rule against picking mecanums, but usually we ding them a bunch due to being susceptible to defense and not being able to play effective defense. I think we've picked maybe one or two mecanum bots since I joined in 2010.

I think this year's game may require defense. So I'd steer clear (get it?) of mecanum.

[BotDesigner]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

We don't have a rule against picking mecanums, but usually we ding them a bunch due to being susceptible to defense and not being able to play effective defense. I think we've picked maybe one or two mecanum bots since I joined in 2010.

I think this year's game may require defense. So I'd steer clear (get it?) of mecanum.

Silly question, were those two mecanum bots picked in 2015?