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My FIRST team did use them and loved using them. For our use case it was great
by unreal6 8y ago
My FIRST team did use them and loved using them. For our use case it was great
- ed312 8y agoThat's awesome! I think the year we considered it was "Aim High" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim_High https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim_High) or one of the adjacent years. We used our previous year's robot as a test bed and found regular wheels could too easily push our Mecanum wheel robot out of the way / knock it off balance. Do you remember which competition you used the wheels? What did you end up using for a driver control layout?
- Ethcad 8y agoSame problem we had this year (Power Up). We built two drive bases, and when we tried the Mecanum one against our 2017 robot, it just got pushed right out of the way. No friction.
- unreal6 8y agoWe used it for Steamworks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST_Steamworks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST_Steamworks), where speed was a priority for our light robot. Unfortunately, defense was utilized to our detriment.
- JKCalhoun 8y agoWhere does one get Mecanum wheels of a size (durability) suitable for robots?
- unreal6 8y agoAndymark (http://www.andymark.com/Mecanum-s/53.htm http://www.andymark.com/Mecanum-s/53.htm) sells mecanum wheels durable and large enough for some robots.
- JKCalhoun 8y agoThanks. I think I searched years back and came up with very small hobby wheels. It looks like there are a lot more options now.