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Originally posted by WernerNYK
I dont really see the great advantage of something like this.... Obviously extreme mobility, but not so much more than can be accomplished with other drive systems, or that such mobility would really be necessary, or even that easily controlled.
I'd like to actually see this thing and evaluate it further.
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The advantage is that it's far less technically complex than any swerve drive.
After all, swerve drives are designed to emulate the sort of movement this can provide, doing so by mimicking the single plane that intersects the sphere's surface that is riding along the floor.
It's no different than a swerve drive, really, but it is simpler. At least, as far as I can tell. . . the major disadvantage is that it's driven by two relatively smooth surfaces interacting with one another, and that means "stalling" is a possibility.