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Re: Butterfly/ octocanum drives
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Originally Posted by ErvinI
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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I talked about the history of 148's articulating drives, and the evolution of the "Tex-Coast Drive" here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=15
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