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Re: Butterfly/ octocanum drives

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Originally Posted by tim-tim View Post
There are some good examples out there on how they have been constructed in the past. 148 made this type of setup popular in their 2010 release video and their CAD files can be seen on FRC designs and you can see another iteration in their 2011 robot.
I don't remember the terminology too well, but wasn't the 2010 robot a Nonadrive, since it had a ninth wheel that was actuated down to allow for holonomic drive? Their 2011 robot was iirc their first true butterfly after they realized that the ninth wheel wasn't required for basic strafing.
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