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Originally posted by patrickrd
One team had omnidirectional last year, and I forget the number, but I think it was a first or second year team. Basically it entails having three or four omniwheels perpendicular to the center of the robot. With three wheels, each unique combination of independent torques to the three wheels results in a unique direction and angular velocity of the robot.
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You're talking about team 857, they weren't exactly rookies last year:
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Originally posted by Andy Baker
The core of this team has been in FIRST for about 7-8 years. These guys at Michigan Tech (Anthony, Justin, Adam, etc.) are some of the best robot builders in FIRST. They had one of the coolest drivetrains last year (the kiwi drive), and have been in the top 4 at the Championships before.
We can all learn a thing or two from team 857. From what I heard, they really didn't want to be rookies last year, but it was an administrative decision to do so.
Andy B.
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You can see their 2002 'bot on their site:
http://stuweb.ee.mtu.edu/~alkrajew/FIRST/kiwi.mpg