pic: Team 488 Prototype Mishap
 

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I've heard of not throwing stones in a glass house, but nothing about throwing carts in a glass omniwheel.

How did those wheels hold up on the carpet (before the obvious mishap)?

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Does anybody have a picture of wheels like this working on a robot? I've never seen this type of thing before.

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http://www.andymark.biz/am-trick-al.htm

https://bert.sad6.k12.me.us/album/sl...icj%20(1).html

BERT Was one of the teams to beat At BAE last season

Many more teams have used them....just search for "omni wheel" on delphi and youll get tons of hits

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Oh, I must have been mistaken by the picture then, it looked like there was simply a protective piece around the sprocket that you drove on. I see now :yikes:

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possible kiwi drive i see??? :ahh:

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Remarkably well, actually, given that they're acrylic. As I was driving, I lost two rollers do to a similar, smaller break but had no trouble for awhile after that. As I mentioned in the caption, the break seems to be the result of lazy construction moreso than material strength and all the damage happened to a single omniwheel. The other three are fine.

As Greg pointed out, they're just standard omniwheels. There's nothing particularly fancy about them. Here is a picture of another of our wheels in its original, unwrecked state/

Again, nothing quite so fancy, I'm afraid. It's litte more than a light, very maneuverable, 6WD design.

Here is some video.