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Synergy1848
25-11-2006, 16:22
Here is a kiwi omni drive made with RCX. The omni wheels are made out of all lego pieces and drive very well.
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1182/3932697/13926421/208023106.jpg
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1182/3932697/13926421/208023153.jpg
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1182/3932697/13926421/208023017.jpg
nextvex
25-11-2006, 17:51
dude thats awsome :ahh: :yikes: :D :) :]
BBnum3
25-11-2006, 18:55
That is insanely cool. Do you have any videos of it running? I would love to see it in action.
Dan Petrovic
25-11-2006, 21:03
dude! That's sweet!
Éowyn
25-11-2006, 22:32
Oh, man, that's cool. I'm selling my mindstorms 2.0 so I can buy a Vex kit. The legos just seemed so limited. Curse you for proving me wrong! :rolleyes:
Chuck Glick
25-11-2006, 22:41
Oh, man, that's cool. I'm selling my mindstorms 2.0 so I can buy a Vex kit. The legos just seemed so limited. Curse you for proving me wrong! :rolleyes:

That blows, both are totally awesome! Fortunately for me, I have both. :rolleyes:
CraigHickman
26-11-2006, 18:03
We made something like that, but it was a lot bigger and overly complex. Nice work!
Jeremytice
26-11-2006, 18:53
That is awsome man. Great job!
Brandon Holley
27-11-2006, 14:08
sweeeeeeetness
Josh Goodman
27-11-2006, 17:25
Very cool! How smoothly does it run?
Schnabel
27-11-2006, 21:29
Great work! Now, who will take on the task of a mechanum (SP?) wheel? :D
Chuck Glick
28-11-2006, 16:59
Great work! Now, who will take on the task of a mechanum (SP?) wheel? :D

working on it already. will post pics.
Synergy1848
29-11-2006, 21:50
working on it already. will post pics.
i tried that but I couldn't get it working so I made the onmiwheels.
scifi3018
10-12-2006, 18:06
These wheels look almost exactly like the lego omni wheels i built back when i was on a team, trying to convince them to use some omni wheels instead of casters...

It kinda worked, seeing as they used omni-casters...
Zoheb N
20-12-2006, 12:12
Wow that is awesome!!! does it work as well as a real omniwheel?
amystolting
20-12-2006, 15:27
sweet! So cool. Great Job.:] :yikes: :]
Arkorobotics
20-12-2006, 15:46
Great Job!

It looks like a bumpy ride, but a cool one. Do the vectors work out? Does it go the direction you want it to go? Have you made any awesome programs for it?
Synergy1848
21-12-2006, 07:40
Wow that is awesome!!! does it work as well as a real omniwheel?

yup
Eric Scheuing
01-01-2007, 20:08
I'm impressed. I thought making a castor that was different from the one in the guide was tough.
Pavan Dave
03-01-2007, 11:51
That is pretty cool.

On another note, a couple of years ago there was a middle school student who after seeing Chainzilla (118's competition robot in the Tetra Challenge) made his own crab drive system on legos and apparently it worked. I thought that was pretty cool when I heard that.