[pfreivald]

An interesting design! We've used mecanum for the past two years and were very satisfied with it in many respects, but know that it needs some push to really up our competition level. Thus, we've been working on our own drive (though I didn't know it had a cool name like 'octocanum') which is similar in idea to this.

Thanks for sharing! (And great questions everyone. This is a good thread to follow for anyone considering such shenanigans like we are!)