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Re: Custom omni-wheels
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Originally Posted by baronep View Post
Does anyone know of a company that produces omni wheels other than Andy Mark? Also, has anyone made their own omni wheels?

Patrick
Here are some others:

Kornylak
Parallax
VEX makes various sizes, 4" is the biggest of theirs

Kornylak probably sells more omni wheels than all of the other suppliers listed above, since their wheels are mostly used on conveyor belts. There are other omni wheels sold in Japan and southeast Asia, also.

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
Were they designed before or after Andy Baker started publishing his designs?
The first omni wheel I saw on a FIRST robot was the HOT Team (67) in 1998. We made some during the competition season on TechnoKats, and they ended up on the Championship-winning robot.

Here is the white paper made in 2003 from a Mark Koors design.

Andy B.