pic: #1018's omni wheels

[CD47-Bot]

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[dez250]

amazing omni wheels, just a few questions, what are the larger (white) disks made of and how are the (clear) disks that look like polycarbonate held in?

[Ben Lauer]

The larger disks are polycarbonate
The smaller disks are actually lexan and each of those have a center hole with a small metal dowel rod throught the middle. As with most onmi wheels there are two halves that have places for the axels milled out of the middle and then the two halves are fastened together, sandwiching the small disk's axle.

[dez250]

The larger disks are polycarbonate
The smaller disks are actually lexan and each of those have a center hole with a small metal dowel rod throught the middle. As with most onmi wheels there are two halves that have places for the axels milled out of the middle and then the two halves are fastened together, sandwiching the small disk's axle.

Ok thanks for the info. Just a note of info for you, polycarbonate is the plastics "physical" name, Lexan is a copyrighted trade name for the first developed polycarbonate by General Electric in the late 1960's.

[jacob_dilles]

wow thats realy amazing. how are they woking for you guys?

[Collin Fultz]

i was talking to stu bloom about these yesterday...they look good guys! very good job.

[SpaceOsc]

How many of those are on your robot?

[JoeXIII'007]

Beautiful.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I don't care what the name of the materials are you made them out of, they're insanely awesome :) Can't wait to see your guys' bot!

[Ben Lauer]

We have 2 assembled and mounted on the bot, and 2 others not assembled.

yes...we are super hyped about our wheels!

[George1902]

Now, if you just had one of those in each corner at 45 degree angles....

[ebmonon36]

Those are so cool.
Whats the rest of it look like? :D
Eric

[Caleb Fulton]

Benthos!!!

[Matt Adams]

Hey, 1018 better stop posting all this cool stuff. All of the new 461 advisors who are 1018 alums are drooling over it!

Keep up the great work!

Matt

[pras870]

I agree, very nice omni wheels this year. Some of the nicest ones I have seen in many recent years actually. Very nice work!

[ebmonon36]

Hey, 1018 better stop posting all this cool stuff. All of the new 461 advisors who are 1018 alums are drooling over it!

Keep up the great work!

Matt

Chris Noble made a wise choice to move to 1018. I have commissioned a scout to get me more photos :D
Eric

[stuart w 691]

How heavy are they?

[Stu Bloom]

How heavy are they?About 2 pounds each. ... my beautiful babies !!!

[Ben Lauer]

You guys just wish you had stuey now don't ya!

hehe... sorry stu...hehe

He may call them his babies...but I was the one who assembled them...because someone didn't get to robotics on time!!!!

*cough...stu...cough*

[Andy Baker]

1018 is another Indy team that will make some waves this year. These guys were runner-up in the BEST competition this past fall, so watch out for them!

Rumor has it that there is some special material in a part of these omni-wheels... or is it on a wheel that is not pictured. hmmm.

Great job, 1018!

Andy B.

[Ben Lauer]

If by "special" you mean exotic, then you would be correct, the "spokes" are made of carbon fiber.

If by "special" you mean wierd, then you were correct. We had k'nex wheels with o-rings in place of the lexan disks, but they kept slipping off when we were up against any force, so we had some lexan cut instead.

[aaronbr28040]

Too bad the k'nex didnt work out from the first set........It made my day to see K'nex used on a first robot.......lol. Keep up the good work, those wheels are awesome :)

[greencactus3]

ehh. you should've used lego. prolly works better than knex.