Mecanum Drive
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High forward traction
Slow compared to tank drive
Ability to strafe
Innefficient strafing
Space innefficient
The Mecanum Drive is compact and simple to construct as compared to other holonomic drives, but it can be difficult to push from the side and its strafing movement is slower than forward driving. The VEX mecanum wheels' limited roller sets (7) can result in a clunky driving experience, which may hinder programming autonomous functions using integrated motor encoders.
The Mecanum Drive is just as simple to build as the Tank Drive, but has the ability to drive sideways. It uses VEX in order to drive, turn, and strafe.
The Mecanum Drive was utilized by . Mecanum wheels are especially effective in games like Tower Takeover which involve rows of game elements or aligning with the field perimeter.