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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
It's my understanding the original name was given because of the omni only portion of the drive, hence the "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" phrase. The omni wheels being the "butterfly" and the traction wheels being the "bee". It became a short hand for the entire articulated drive base but it makes more sense to refer to only the omni portion as "butterfly" since it's the part that is doing the "floating".
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JVN posted why they called it butterfly here.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=15