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Unread 16-11-2011, 15:10
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Re: Mecanum wear and dirt resistance

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Originally Posted by kws4000 View Post
Following AM directions, using certified material, the rollers still leave marks when straffing.
Ouch... thanks for telling me this.

One of the schools we do demos at has a gym floor that is extremely susceptible to marks -- we had 4 Lunacy wheels on our robot, which we wrapped in masking tape after seeing it leave some marks (the floor was waxed; fortunately there was no permanent damage). The masking tape still left marks (I suspect it was dragging around dirt particles, scraping the surface of the wax). We finally found success by wrapping the wheels in electrical tape.

I guess mecanum wheels are out, then. Thanks for all the help.