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Re: Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimbaled Drive

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
Would a lone drive hemisphere drive train mounted in the middle of a traditional 4 wheel omnidrive system work? The omni wheels would not be powered, but just used as castor wheels.


And Joyride, great work. I am impressed. Only critique is that it looks very back heavy, or is that a fundamental part of the drive system?
Yes a lone hemisphere would give you the same effect I guess I personally don't like the idea of mounting a ton of omniwheels everywhere since the wheel on the gimbal changes the ground clearance making the robot need at least a form of suspension to keep all omniwheels on the ground, at least thats what I would do.

Also may I point out the Omniwheels and structure up front was for a ground test to see what angle the drive would sit when the robot was essentially in "neutral"
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