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Originally Posted by fargus111111111
Just curious, wouldn't a octocanum drive be lighter and take up less room inside the robot while performing about the same as this butterfly? What about the butterfly makes it better than octocanum or is it just preference? I would like to present an octocanum or butterfly idea to my team but I have no real experience with either one.
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The two systems would take essentially the same space. The differences:
- The Octanum must be designed to transmit scrub forces from the holonomic wheels as well as the solid wheels.
- When the holonomic wheels are engaged, just as for regular mecanum and 4-wheel omni:
- The Octanum will be able to use 71% of the acceleration indicated by the Coefficient of Friction in the forward, reverse, left or right directions.
- The Butterfly will be able to use 100% of the acceleration indicated by the CoF in the forward in reverse directions, but will not be able to drive in, nor resist, strafe motion.
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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I'm interested in the side-to-side module design. How do you insure it puts enough force down onto the floor so that the wheels don't slide?
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Sorry, but I'm not at all sure what you're asking. What side-to-side module? What is "it"? Which wheels? Slide which direction?