Thread: Potential Omni Drive System
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Re: Potential Omni Drive System
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Originally Posted by vps View Post
Can you describe why it cannot do those?
If the omni wheels are moving orthogonal to the two wheels in the back, won't it be able to rotate while driving and pivot an arbitrary point?

Thanks.
Rotating the robot while driving requires rotating the back wheels. Rotating the back wheels changes the robot's direction of travel.
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