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Originally posted by WernerNYK
And I think someone else mentioned that it could "stall"... this is entirely true... a more descriptive term would be slipping. When a system lies entirely upon friction, slippage will -- at some point -- occur... even our CVT system will slip under certain circumstances.
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"Slipping" occurs in all drive trains, really, whether it occur where the wheels interface with the carpet, or where the chain meets a sprocket. Gears, well, can't slip.
I used "stall" because it seems to me that, unless the point at which the omniwheels and the balls slip is the same, the drivetrain might do funny things. Of course, it seems likely that the balls would slip
somewhere before the omniwheels slipped along the carpet, and at that point, they'd be acting as casters. It's getting to that point that seems like it'd be the biggest problem to me. That is, if the ball is slipping some and isn't driving at the same speed as the omniwheel, the drivetrain would become inefficient and could, possibly, bind.
I'm interested in seeing how the Technokats overcame that issue, or if it was really an issue at all.