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Originally Posted by trumpthero786
I feel like steel would be very slippery on carpet. Traction would be difficult. I'm not sure I understand how something like this would function like a Swerve drive. If the balls are not powered, how is this any better than a rear wheel drive, omniwheel drivetrain? It does however look like something that would be a very fun project.
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I wonder if a layer of Gaffers tape or similar would help with the traction, because I agree steel would slip. If the traction would work out, it would be like a cheaper swerve drive option. But if the traction problem couldn't be solved, a omniwheel drive would be better.
I think this would be cool to build, but hard to implement but holonomic/ swerve drives intrigue me and I am always trying to think of a new way to do them.