In PNW 3024 has used swerve in the past but did not this year.
They will not be in Detroit, then… Sad… and noted!
2471 used to use swerve drive.
Another PNW team that’s used swerve in the past is Skunkworks, 1983. They will be at Houston champs in the Roebling division.
EDIT: fixed division, whoops!
Some others I know of: (and when I know it was fielded)
51/47 (Detroit, makers of the first drive that at all resembled crab/swerve in FRC in 1999)
234 (Detroit, fielded in 2010 and 2015)
461 (fielded in non-swerve controls in 2006, a fresh design was built and fielded in the 2016 offseason)
971 (Houston (used in an offseason refresh in the early 2010’s, possible fielded in a later season or two?)
1114 (Detroit, fielded in 2003, their rookie year)
1730 (Houston, fielded in 2010)
1741 (Detroit, fielded in 2017)
1986 (Houston, fielded in 2010)
2783 (Detroit, fielded in 2009, their rookie year. AFAIK the first “unicorn” swerve ever fielded (fully independent steering and wheel power), but as of 2011’s offseason (the last time I was involved, one of my last projects with the team), it never actually had well-working code. Maybe somebody made it sing later?)
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1075 made a fully invertible swerve drive in 2010:
They no longer do swerve, which qualifies them for this thread. But also, this is a very unique design. I gotta tell you, 2010 was a year of surprises. Fun year to be involved in FRC.
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We had custom 2-speed swerve in 2015.
We dropped them for a few reasons:
-too heavy
-requires at least 8 motors/controllers
-takes a lot of space
-learning to drive is harder than tank drive
-takes too long to implement, i’d rather have a working WCD a week earlier.
-our budget doesn’t allow it anymore
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