Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

I was thinking MEH-kan-um, as they are pretty meh.

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Our team pronounces it "meh-kay-num"

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

When Andy Baker says a word, it is the proper pronunciation from that day forward.

(this one really belongs in the Andy Baker thread :D)

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

We say: meh CAN um...but a nearby team we've collaborated with says meh cah num (as if there is no emphasis).

When we get this solved, can we move on to "GIF" or "JIF" for the filetype .gif?

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Pronounce it like the peanut butter. Otherwise it sounds like gift.

How far should we take this? Discuss the T in OFTEN? How about WAGO?

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Tomato/Tomato


Wait... that doesn't work.

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

v-aw-go

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

I worked at Carnegie Mellon University's Field Robotics Center (as a student) in 1991/1992. At that time they were developing a mobile robot called the Tessellator, to service the ceramic tiles on the space shuttle. This was the first application I ever saw of mecanum wheels.

http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/t...sellator.shtml

I remained fascinated by the technology, so much so that when I ended up in the Robotics and Remote Inspection group at the Idaho National Engineering Lab, I used mecanum wheels on a miniature drive train I developed for remote inspection in confined spaces.

http://mysite.verizon.net/t.ferrante/MMWV/MMWV.HTM

I designed and built what I believe to be the smallest wheels of this type made until that date, maybe even until now.

Both at CMU and at the INEL, the people who worked with these wheels pronounced it MEK-uh-num.

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Thank you. That settles it. MEK-uh-num it is.

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

On the other hand, if you say "meh CAN um" everyone knows what you mean, too...

:)

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

I call them "paper weights". Thats about all they are good for.

Actually, I pronounce them meh-CAN-num.

Anyone else notice on the lunch with andy video for today #10 he noted this thread

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Bah. The proper pronunciation for useful mecanum is "octocanum". :)

Re: proper pronunciation of "mecanum"
 

Now a swedish pronunciation site has confirmed this.