Re: new wheel design
 

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Re: new wheel design
 

Looks like everybody is getting confuse with what Mechanical brain is trying to accomplish. (this was pointed out before in THIS thread).. if you remember team 1218's 2004 season robot, you will understand how this works. The only difference between two modules are, 1218 has 3 wheels, this design will have 4 wheels. Now I hope I am pointing it out right.

Hold on... this post just confused me. Are you trying to do something like what I pointed out in this thread (1218's modules) or is it completely different. Do you have any 3d drawings of what you are trying to do, because right about now, I am getting confused too.

Re: new wheel design
 

i dont know what those teams did or not but one difference from pictures ive seen is the use of omni wheels on each end which allows the entire wheel to act like an omni wheel. when placed diagonally at each end of the robot the whole robot can move in any direction im also trying to figure out how to get the robot to rotate and move at the same time

Re: new wheel design
 

looks like the 1218's kind of wheel and a spam kind of base from '04 season for both. hmm, interesting idea can't wait to see some 3d drawings or a robot with this. correct?

Re: new wheel design
 

i wont be able to do any 3d work until school starts but ill start playing with it anyway. ill show some pictures of this and some of my other projects (some of the stuff is really cool) as the summer goes on.

Re: new wheel design
 

One thing to keep in mind is that a drivebase with diagonally-placed omniwheels at every corner doesn't work well unless all of the wheels are solidly in contact with the ground. A "climbing omniwheel" is going to violate that, and it's probably going to slide around to the side a lot more than you want.